American Airlines DFW to SAN on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to San Diego · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
64%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.8%
90 flights
Avg arrival delay
25 min
67 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 3
route average 64% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on DFW to SAN arrived on time 64% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.8% were cancelled, and 13% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 64% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (46%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft46%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)33%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
- Extreme weather9%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DFW to SAN
- Frontier Airlines66% on time · 29 min avg delay
- Alaska Airlines57% on time · 32 min avg delay
Full DFW to SAN comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
3,213 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 90 cancelled, 19 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.