AA1251 DFW → MSY

American Airlines · Dallas/Fort Worth, TX to New Orleans, LA · 78 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-02-11 · 448 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 90% on-time on Saturdays vs. 50% on Fridays.

AA1251 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DFW → MSY, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
64%
Median delay
+2 min
90th percentile
+97 min
Cancellation rate
3%

How often is AA1251 on time?

Across 78 flights on DFW → MSY from 2025-11-02 to 2026-02-11, AA1251 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 64% of the time. The median arrival delay was +2 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +97 min or later. 3% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time4964%
16-30 min1013%
31-60 min79%
61-120 min34%
2+ hrs79%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112756%+41 min
2025-121771%+15 min
2026-012264%+25 min
2026-021080%+1 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1060%
Tue1275%
Wed1354%
Thu967%
Fri1050%
Sat1090%
Sun1258%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…