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American Airlines DFW to STL on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
65%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.2%
59 flights
Avg arrival delay
31 min
85 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 5
route average 68% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DFW to STL arrived on time 65% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3.2% were cancelled, and 17% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #5 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 68% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (60%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 58.7% on time, 3.2% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 49.0% on time, 2.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 72.9% on time, 3.3% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 70.3% on time, 1.4% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 68.4% on time, 4.2% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 64.2% on time, 0.6% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 70.0% on time, 11.8% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 82.8% on time, 0.7% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 67.6% on time, 1.6% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 67.6% on time, 2.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 63.4% on time, 3.1% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 55.8% on time, 6.6% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 46.4% on time, 1.8% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft60%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)26%
  • Extreme weather8%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion6%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DFW to STL

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

1,867 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 59 cancelled, 5 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.