American Airlines SFO to DFW on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from San Francisco to Dallas/Fort Worth · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.8%
85 flights
Avg arrival delay
27 min
97 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 73% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on SFO to DFW arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.8% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (50%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft50%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)39%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion10%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on SFO to DFW
- United Airlines76% on time · 14 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines60% on time · 22 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines63% on time · 31 min avg delay
Full SFO to DFW comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
3,071 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 85 cancelled, 24 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.