AA972 DFW → AUS

American Airlines · Dallas/Fort Worth, TX to Austin, TX · 208 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · 190 mi

This flight has been getting less reliable recently — 2026-06's on-time rate (24%) is well below the 70% average from earlier months.

AA972 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DFW → AUS, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
63%
Median delay
+5 min
90th percentile
+86 min
Cancellation rate
6%

How often is AA972 on time?

Across 208 flights on DFW → AUS from 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30, AA972 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 63% of the time. The median arrival delay was +5 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +86 min or later. 6% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time12263%
16-30 min2613%
31-60 min158%
61-120 min2010%
2+ hrs126%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-072952%+22 min
2025-082976%+20 min
2025-092986%+4 min
2025-102875%+8 min
2025-1110%+17 min
2026-042268%+18 min
2026-052861%+33 min
2026-062924%+55 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon2850%
Tue2882%
Wed3063%
Thu2966%
Fri2861%
Sat2763%
Sun2552%

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