DFW → DSM American Airlines

American Airlines · Dallas/Fort Worth, TX to Des Moines, IA · 1,434 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 40 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 89% on-time departing 9am–12pm vs. 46% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
67%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+87 min
Cancellation rate
4%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DFW → DSM (1,434 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 67% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +87 min or later. 4% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time92867%
16-30 min1229%
31-60 min13410%
61-120 min977%
2+ hrs957%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711161%+34 min
2025-0811570%+21 min
2025-0911768%+25 min
2025-1011868%+27 min
2025-1111066%+22 min
2025-1212058%+24 min
2026-0110765%+30 min
2026-0211269%+16 min
2026-0311972%+24 min
2026-0411880%+7 min
2026-0511777%+12 min
2026-0611254%+44 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon19863%
Tue20672%
Wed19971%
Thu20161%
Fri20072%
Sat17767%
Sun19566%

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