AA2851 DFW → IAH

American Airlines · Dallas/Fort Worth, TX to Houston, TX · 103 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-04-06 · 224 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 86% on-time on Thursdays vs. 43% on Saturdays.

AA2851 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DFW → IAH, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
69%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+55 min
Cancellation rate
5%

How often is AA2851 on time?

Across 103 flights on DFW → IAH from 2025-11-02 to 2026-04-06, AA2851 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 69% of the time. The median arrival delay was -6 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +55 min or later. 5% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time6869%
16-30 min1414%
31-60 min77%
61-120 min77%
2+ hrs22%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112564%+17 min
2025-121753%+20 min
2026-012378%+13 min
2026-028100%-14 min
2026-032065%+6 min
2026-04580%+9 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1385%
Tue1765%
Wed1771%
Thu1486%
Fri1471%
Sat743%
Sun1656%

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