American Airlines SAN to DFW on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from San Diego to Dallas/Fort Worth · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.9%
92 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
84 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 3
route average 77% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on SAN to DFW arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.9% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (52%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft52%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)26%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
- Extreme weather10%
- Security0%
Other airlines on SAN to DFW
- Frontier Airlines79% on time · 16 min avg delay
- Alaska Airlines79% on time · 11 min avg delay
Full SAN to DFW comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
3,212 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 92 cancelled, 21 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.