DFW → ATL American Airlines

American Airlines · Dallas/Fort Worth, TX to Atlanta, GA · 2,735 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 47 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -3 min, while the worst 10% run +64 min or later.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+64 min
Cancellation rate
3%

How on-time is American Airlines from DFW to ATL?

Across every American Airlines flight number on DFW → ATL (2,735 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +64 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,92573%
16-30 min2108%
31-60 min2168%
61-120 min1757%
2+ hrs1134%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0725165%+22 min
2025-0821664%+18 min
2025-0921182%+5 min
2025-1022778%+8 min
2025-1120777%+14 min
2025-1222673%+13 min
2026-0120074%+14 min
2026-0219880%+7 min
2026-0323174%+12 min
2026-0423174%+10 min
2026-0523073%+16 min
2026-0621162%+27 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon38372%
Tue37278%
Wed37674%
Thu40575%
Fri38874%
Sat32069%
Sun39569%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…