American Airlines DFW to SFO on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to San Francisco · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
58%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.7%
83 flights
Avg arrival delay
29 min
67 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 61% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on DFW to SFO arrived on time 58% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.7% were cancelled, and 15% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 61% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (42%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft42%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)32%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion19%
- Extreme weather7%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DFW to SFO
- United Airlines70% on time · 25 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines55% on time · 28 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines76% on time · 8 min avg delay
Full DFW to SFO comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
3,071 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 83 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.