American Airlines DTW to DFW on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Detroit to Dallas/Fort Worth · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.8%
46 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
90 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 75% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on DTW to DFW arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.8% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft47%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)34%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion16%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DTW to DFW
- Delta Air Lines77% on time · 14 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines60% on time · 35 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines78% on time · 14 min avg delay
- Envoy Air93% on time · 11 min avg delay
Full DTW to DFW comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
1,623 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 46 cancelled, 13 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.