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American Airlines DFW to PHX on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.6%
118 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
70 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 72% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DFW to PHX arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.6% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (45%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 59.2% on time, 2.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 57.3% on time, 2.1% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 75.4% on time, 3.3% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 72.2% on time, 1.6% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 67.9% on time, 2.3% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 77.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 70.4% on time, 9.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 78.2% on time, 0.6% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 78.0% on time, 1.4% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 74.4% on time, 0.9% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 73.0% on time, 4.3% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 64.6% on time, 4.4% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 69.8% on time, 1.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft45%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)32%
  • Extreme weather12%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion11%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DFW to PHX

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

4,614 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 118 cancelled, 13 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.