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American Airlines DFW to RIC on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
68%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.4%
24 flights
Avg arrival delay
25 min
74 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 69% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DFW to RIC arrived on time 68% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.4% were cancelled, and 14% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 69% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (55%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 56.0% on time, 4.4% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 61.7% on time, 3.1% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 69.6% on time, 1.4% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 72.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 76.9% on time, 4.9% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 77.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 57.6% on time, 10.6% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 78.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 67.8% on time, 2.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 67.1% on time, 1.2% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 64.4% on time, 3.3% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 59.3% on time, 3.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 59.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft55%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)32%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion8%
  • Extreme weather5%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DFW to RIC

1,016 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 24 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.