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American Airlines RIC to DFW on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
71%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.5%
25 flights
Avg arrival delay
27 min
89 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 72% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on RIC to DFW arrived on time 71% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.5% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (45%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 59.3% on time, 4.4% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 55.4% on time, 3.1% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 69.6% on time, 1.4% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 69.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 72.7% on time, 4.9% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 60.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 72.9% on time, 10.6% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 89.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 75.0% on time, 2.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 79.8% on time, 1.2% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 69.8% on time, 3.3% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 72.1% on time, 3.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 70.8% on time, 1.1% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft45%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)26%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion16%
  • Extreme weather12%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on RIC to DFW

1,016 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 25 cancelled, 8 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.