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American Airlines LGA to DFW on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.8%
207 flights
Avg arrival delay
26 min
88 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 4
route average 71% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on LGA to DFW arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 4.8% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 71% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (48%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 64.2% on time, 8.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 71.7% on time, 3.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 77.7% on time, 2.2% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 65.5% on time, 1.6% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 65.7% on time, 3.5% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 63.8% on time, 2.1% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 81.3% on time, 12.5% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 77.8% on time, 8.5% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 72.3% on time, 5.1% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 78.8% on time, 1.1% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 67.4% on time, 3.2% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 67.1% on time, 8.2% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 70.3% on time, 6.4% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft48%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion22%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)20%
  • Extreme weather10%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on LGA to DFW

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

4,297 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 207 cancelled, 41 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.