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American Airlines SEA to DFW on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.6%
72 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
95 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 78% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on SEA to DFW arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.6% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (47%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 68.4% on time, 1.9% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 75.8% on time, 4.5% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 82.0% on time, 2.3% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 82.3% on time, 0.4% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 75.6% on time, 2.8% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 80.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 77.7% on time, 11.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 85.8% on time, 0.6% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 83.2% on time, 2.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 86.5% on time, 1.3% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 72.9% on time, 2.8% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 65.8% on time, 2.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 67.4% on time, 0.0% 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)47%
  • Late-arriving aircraft42%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion10%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on SEA to DFW

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

2,738 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 72 cancelled, 35 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.