AA561 SFO → DFW

American Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Dallas/Fort Worth, TX · 83 flights observed, 2025-12-03 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 76% average from earlier months.

AA561 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for SFO → DFW, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
70%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+53 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is AA561 on time?

Across 83 flights on SFO → DFW from 2025-12-03 to 2026-04-06, AA561 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 70% of the time. The median arrival delay was -9 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +53 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time5870%
16-30 min911%
31-60 min911%
61-120 min45%
2+ hrs34%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-122584%-4 min
2026-01450%+74 min
2026-021788%-12 min
2026-033155%+11 min
2026-04650%+27 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1267%
Tue1080%
Wed1080%
Thu1275%
Fri1369%
Sat1354%
Sun1369%

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