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American Airlines JFK to DFW on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.7%
39 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
87 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 3
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on JFK to DFW arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.7% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (43%).

On-time trend by month

60%80%100%July 2025: 76.9% on time, 4.8% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 72.5% on time, 1.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 83.8% on time, 1.7% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 74.4% on time, 0.8% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 76.5% on time, 1.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 70.6% on time, 0.8% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 82.4% on time, 6.5% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 83.8% on time, 9.8% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 80.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 85.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 75.2% on time, 0.7% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 75.7% on time, 4.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 70.8% on time, 5.8% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft43%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)29%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
  • Extreme weather7%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on JFK to DFW

1,440 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 39 cancelled, 14 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.