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American Airlines DSM to PHX on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from Des Moines to Phoenix · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
10 flights
Avg arrival delay
37 min
174 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 80% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DSM to PHX arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.9% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 80% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (74%).

On-time trend by month

60%80%100%July 2025: 90.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 80.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25October 2025: 75.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 76.9% on time, 7.1% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 71.7% on time, 2.1% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 78.6% on time, 4.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 83.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 81.0% on time, 3.3% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 91.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 72.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 76.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 78.3% on time, 1.6% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)74%
  • Late-arriving aircraft21%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion3%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DSM to PHX

Full DSM to PHX comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →

524 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 10 cancelled, 1 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.