AA981 DFW → GRR

American Airlines · Dallas/Fort Worth, TX to Grand Rapids, MI · 104 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · 931 mi

This flight runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 85% on-time departing 12–3pm vs. 49% departing 6–9pm.

AA981 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DFW → GRR, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
66%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+91 min
Cancellation rate
7%

How often is AA981 on time?

Across 104 flights on DFW → GRR from 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30, AA981 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 66% of the time. The median arrival delay was -1 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +91 min or later. 7% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time6366%
16-30 min1010%
31-60 min99%
61-120 min66%
2+ hrs88%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-072990%-1 min
2025-083063%+33 min
2025-09250%+21 min
2026-05978%+5 min
2026-062638%+40 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1457%
Tue1567%
Wed1464%
Thu1573%
Fri1369%
Sat1471%
Sun1155%

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