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American Airlines PHL to DFW on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.4%
108 flights
Avg arrival delay
20 min
92 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 78% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on PHL to DFW arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3.4% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (40%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 64.5% on time, 8.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 69.8% on time, 2.2% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 81.0% on time, 2.1% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 85.0% on time, 0.7% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 82.0% on time, 2.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 67.4% on time, 3.2% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 76.2% on time, 9.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 86.4% on time, 6.4% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 88.0% on time, 1.8% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 85.6% on time, 1.2% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 81.8% on time, 3.2% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 68.3% on time, 3.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 75.6% on time, 4.9% 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)40%
  • Late-arriving aircraft36%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion18%
  • Extreme weather5%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on PHL to DFW

3,194 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 108 cancelled, 27 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.