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American Airlines DFW to PHL on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
70%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.3%
105 flights
Avg arrival delay
23 min
73 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 70% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DFW to PHL arrived on time 70% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3.3% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 70% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (43%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 62.1% on time, 8.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 58.8% on time, 1.9% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 68.6% on time, 2.5% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 70.0% on time, 0.7% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 73.7% on time, 2.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 71.7% on time, 1.6% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 68.3% on time, 9.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 76.8% on time, 6.8% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 73.5% on time, 1.4% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 79.4% on time, 0.8% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 78.4% on time, 3.2% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 64.1% on time, 4.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 63.3% on time, 4.5% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft43%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)36%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion11%
  • Extreme weather9%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DFW to PHL

3,191 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 105 cancelled, 4 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.