AA1996 DFW → SFO

American Airlines · Dallas/Fort Worth, TX to San Francisco, CA · 274 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2026-04-06 · 1,464 mi

This flight has been getting less reliable recently — 2026-04's on-time rate (50%) is well below the 77% average from earlier months.

AA1996 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DFW → SFO, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+50 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How often is AA1996 on time?

Across 274 flights on DFW → SFO from 2025-07-01 to 2026-04-06, AA1996 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 77% of the time. The median arrival delay was -7 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +50 min or later. 2% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time20677%
16-30 min197%
31-60 min197%
61-120 min145%
2+ hrs104%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-072983%0 min
2025-083165%+27 min
2025-093093%-5 min
2025-103070%+13 min
2025-113087%+9 min
2025-123158%+24 min
2026-012370%+14 min
2026-022781%+5 min
2026-033190%-7 min
2026-04650%+24 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon3979%
Tue3985%
Wed3974%
Thu4075%
Fri3979%
Sat3361%
Sun3982%

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