DFW → SAN American Airlines

American Airlines · Dallas/Fort Worth, TX to San Diego, CA · 3,214 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 58 flight numbers

On-time arrival
65%
Median delay
+3 min
90th percentile
+72 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DFW → SAN (3,214 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 65% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +3 min; the worst 10% ran +72 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,00665%
16-30 min34211%
31-60 min35311%
61-120 min2418%
2+ hrs1565%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0729653%+29 min
2025-0826152%+30 min
2025-0923968%+22 min
2025-1027066%+18 min
2025-1122969%+15 min
2025-1225671%+10 min
2026-0123271%+15 min
2026-0223374%+9 min
2026-0326977%+1 min
2026-0426369%+14 min
2026-0527364%+21 min
2026-0627747%+40 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon45664%
Tue43273%
Wed43967%
Thu45764%
Fri44163%
Sat41963%
Sun45460%

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