AA1838 ORD → DFW

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to Dallas/Fort Worth, TX · 89 flights observed, 2025-12-03 to 2026-04-06 · 802 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 100% on-time on Tuesdays vs. 63% on Wednesdays.

AA1838 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for ORD → DFW, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
-12 min
90th percentile
+77 min
Cancellation rate
3%

How often is AA1838 on time?

Across 89 flights on ORD → DFW from 2025-12-03 to 2026-04-06, AA1838 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 76% of the time. The median arrival delay was -12 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +77 min or later. 3% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time6576%
16-30 min56%
31-60 min56%
61-120 min56%
2+ hrs67%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-122979%+32 min
2026-012282%+10 min
2026-027100%-17 min
2026-032370%+11 min
2026-04520%+75 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1471%
Tue9100%
Wed863%
Thu1486%
Fri1369%
Sat1471%
Sun1471%

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