American Airlines DFW to LAX on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
69%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.5%
115 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
65 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 4
route average 73% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on DFW to LAX arrived on time 69% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.5% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (43%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft43%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)40%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion10%
- Extreme weather8%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DFW to LAX
- Delta Air Lines89% on time · 12 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines78% on time · 18 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines80% on time · 15 min avg delay
Full DFW to LAX comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
4,576 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 115 cancelled, 2 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.