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American Airlines LAX to DFW on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.5%
113 flights
Avg arrival delay
25 min
88 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 4
route average 74% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on LAX to DFW arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.5% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 74% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 64.0% on time, 2.2% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 70.3% on time, 2.9% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 79.9% on time, 2.1% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 76.3% on time, 1.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 64.1% on time, 2.9% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 73.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 68.1% on time, 10.3% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 75.5% on time, 0.3% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 74.4% on time, 1.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 80.6% on time, 0.5% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 80.5% on time, 3.4% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 65.3% on time, 3.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 64.6% on time, 1.7% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft47%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)39%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on LAX to DFW

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

4,568 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 113 cancelled, 33 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.