DFW → IAD American Airlines

American Airlines · Dallas/Fort Worth, TX to Washington, DC · 843 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 10 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -1 min, while the worst 10% run +70 min or later.
On-time arrival
70%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+70 min
Cancellation rate
4%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DFW → IAD (843 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 70% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +70 min or later. 4% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time56870%
16-30 min658%
31-60 min779%
61-120 min618%
2+ hrs405%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-077553%+27 min
2025-087166%+18 min
2025-098685%+4 min
2025-108075%+11 min
2025-115760%+20 min
2025-126070%+13 min
2026-015381%+4 min
2026-025575%+11 min
2026-035966%+40 min
2026-045973%+11 min
2026-056975%+13 min
2026-068762%+20 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon12068%
Tue11475%
Wed11178%
Thu12266%
Fri11771%
Sat11272%
Sun11561%

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