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American Airlines DFW to LIT on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
59%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.6%
12 flights
Avg arrival delay
37 min
88 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 4
route average 77% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DFW to LIT arrived on time 59% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.6% were cancelled, and 20% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (51%).

On-time trend by month

0%50%100%July 2025: 58.2% on time, 5.2% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 61.8% on time, 2.9% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 64.3% on time, 6.7% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 51.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 58.2% on time, 3.5% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 45.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 60.0% on time, 16.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 68.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 50.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 69.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 70.5% on time, 2.2% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 0.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft51%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)38%
  • Extreme weather6%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion5%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DFW to LIT

Full DFW to LIT comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →

460 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 12 cancelled, 0 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.