AA1261 CLT → DFW

American Airlines · Charlotte, NC to Dallas/Fort Worth, TX · 125 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-03-07 · 935 mi

This flight's scheduled flight time has grown by 10 min since 2025-11 — some of the on-time performance may reflect a more generous published schedule, not a faster or more reliable flight.

AA1261 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for CLT → DFW, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
89%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+16 min
Cancellation rate
4%

How often is AA1261 on time?

Across 125 flights on CLT → DFW from 2025-11-02 to 2026-03-07, AA1261 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 89% of the time. The median arrival delay was -6 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +16 min or later. 4% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time10789%
16-30 min76%
31-60 min43%
61-120 min00%
2+ hrs22%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112990%-4 min
2025-123184%+0 min
2026-012692%-5 min
2026-022793%-3 min
2026-03786%+10 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1788%
Tue1788%
Wed1889%
Thu1883%
Fri1794%
Sat1788%
Sun1694%

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