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American Airlines DFW to TPA on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
65%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.3%
85 flights
Avg arrival delay
25 min
67 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 67% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DFW to TPA arrived on time 65% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3.3% were cancelled, and 13% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 67% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (51%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 48.3% on time, 3.8% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 54.4% on time, 4.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 77.0% on time, 1.7% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 68.6% on time, 1.3% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 68.6% on time, 3.3% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 71.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 73.7% on time, 10.8% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 77.8% on time, 1.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 65.8% on time, 2.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 68.5% on time, 1.3% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 68.7% on time, 4.9% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 47.0% on time, 5.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 46.4% on time, 0.8% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft51%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
  • Extreme weather5%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DFW to TPA

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

2,603 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 85 cancelled, 8 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.