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American Airlines SAT to DFW on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.3%
116 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
107 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 78% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on SAT to DFW arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3.3% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (46%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 67.4% on time, 4.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 66.3% on time, 4.9% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 83.9% on time, 3.6% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 83.0% on time, 1.6% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 70.8% on time, 3.2% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 80.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 78.6% on time, 9.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 88.0% on time, 1.1% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 81.1% on time, 2.1% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 80.4% on time, 1.3% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 78.7% on time, 5.6% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 68.0% on time, 5.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 76.9% on time, 1.5% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft46%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)25%
  • Extreme weather20%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion9%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on SAT to DFW

Full SAT to DFW comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →

3,539 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 116 cancelled, 7 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.