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American Airlines PHX to DSM on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from Phoenix to Des Moines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
10 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
60 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 5
route average 77% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on PHX to DSM arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.9% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (50%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 54.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 40.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25October 2025: 80.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 71.8% on time, 7.1% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 82.2% on time, 2.2% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 76.1% on time, 4.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 88.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 74.1% on time, 3.3% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 94.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 67.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 76.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 61.0% on time, 1.6% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft50%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)35%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion14%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on PHX to DSM

Full PHX to DSM comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →

524 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 10 cancelled, 2 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.