AA971 DFW → ORD

American Airlines · Dallas/Fort Worth, TX to Chicago, IL · 17 flights observed, 2025-12-18 to 2026-01-05 · 802 mi

This flight has been getting more reliable recently — 2026-01's on-time rate (100%) is well above the 50% average from earlier months.

AA971 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DFW → ORD, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
65%
Median delay
+1 min
90th percentile
+31 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is AA971 on time?

Across 17 flights on DFW → ORD from 2025-12-18 to 2026-01-05, AA971 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 65% of the time. The median arrival delay was +1 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +31 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1165%
16-30 min424%
31-60 min212%
61-120 min00%
2+ hrs00%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-121250%+11 min
2026-015100%-8 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon367%
Tue20%
Wed10%
Thu2100%
Fri367%
Sat367%
Sun3100%

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