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American Airlines IAD to DFW on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
75%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.1%
26 flights
Avg arrival delay
27 min
105 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 77% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on IAD to DFW arrived on time 75% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3.1% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (48%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 63.6% on time, 6.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 75.0% on time, 6.7% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 84.7% on time, 2.3% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 81.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 73.7% on time, 1.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 84.9% on time, 13.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 81.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 77.6% on time, 4.8% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 67.8% on time, 1.7% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 60.9% on time, 4.2% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 64.7% on time, 3.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 78.7% on time, 0.0% 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)48%
  • Late-arriving aircraft40%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion10%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on IAD to DFW

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

850 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 26 cancelled, 6 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.