AA1291 DFW → IAD

American Airlines · Dallas/Fort Worth, TX to Washington, DC · 176 flights observed, 2025-10-06 to 2026-04-06 · 1,172 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 92% on-time on Tuesdays vs. 52% on Sundays.

AA1291 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DFW → IAD, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
68%
Median delay
+4 min
90th percentile
+75 min
Cancellation rate
4%

How often is AA1291 on time?

Across 176 flights on DFW → IAD from 2025-10-06 to 2026-04-06, AA1291 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 68% of the time. The median arrival delay was +4 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +75 min or later. 4% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time11568%
16-30 min148%
31-60 min117%
61-120 min2213%
2+ hrs74%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-102568%+22 min
2025-112846%+29 min
2025-122966%+21 min
2026-012685%+5 min
2026-022781%+5 min
2026-032868%+28 min
2026-04650%+14 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon2677%
Tue2492%
Wed2277%
Thu2564%
Fri2556%
Sat2458%
Sun2352%

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