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American Airlines DFW to JFK on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to New York · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
70%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.6%
38 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
77 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 3
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DFW to JFK arrived on time 70% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.6% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (42%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 66.1% on time, 5.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 70.5% on time, 1.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 78.6% on time, 1.7% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 79.0% on time, 0.8% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 81.9% on time, 1.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 72.3% on time, 0.8% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 64.3% on time, 7.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 80.8% on time, 8.8% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 74.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 78.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 74.3% on time, 0.7% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 51.1% on time, 4.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 48.6% on time, 5.2% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft42%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)26%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
  • Extreme weather10%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DFW to JFK

1,435 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 38 cancelled, 11 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.