AA1290 DFW → ORD

American Airlines · Dallas/Fort Worth, TX to Chicago, IL · 188 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-06-30 · 802 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 80% on-time on Thursdays vs. 44% on Sundays.

AA1290 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DFW → ORD, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
64%
Median delay
+3 min
90th percentile
+88 min
Cancellation rate
5%

How often is AA1290 on time?

Across 188 flights on DFW → ORD from 2025-11-02 to 2026-06-30, AA1290 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 64% of the time. The median arrival delay was +3 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +88 min or later. 5% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time11464%
16-30 min2011%
31-60 min1911%
61-120 min148%
2+ hrs116%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112662%+26 min
2025-123158%+17 min
2026-012752%+26 min
2026-022572%+16 min
2026-032658%+34 min
2026-04475%+21 min
2026-051191%-5 min
2026-062871%+21 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon2955%
Tue2774%
Wed2665%
Thu2580%
Fri2568%
Sat1963%
Sun2744%

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