American Airlines DFW to LGA on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to New York · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
64%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.7%
203 flights
Avg arrival delay
27 min
71 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 66% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on DFW to LGA arrived on time 64% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 4.7% were cancelled, and 14% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 66% 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)27%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion25%
- Extreme weather5%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DFW to LGA
- Delta Air Lines73% on time · 26 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines61% on time · 31 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines64% on time · 29 min avg delay
Full DFW to LGA comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
4,300 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 203 cancelled, 49 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.