American Airlines ORD to DFW on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Dallas/Fort Worth · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
69%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.5%
149 flights
Avg arrival delay
30 min
92 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 7
route average 70% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on ORD to DFW arrived on time 69% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 3.5% were cancelled, and 14% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #5 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 70% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (45%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft45%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)27%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
- Extreme weather7%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ORD to DFW
- United Airlines74% on time · 20 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines68% on time · 27 min avg delay
- Envoy Air75% on time · 19 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines61% on time · 33 min avg delay
- Republic Airways75% on time · 16 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines88% on time · 5 min avg delay
Full ORD to DFW comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
4,242 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 149 cancelled, 37 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.