DFW → SFO American Airlines

American Airlines · Dallas/Fort Worth, TX to San Francisco, CA · 3,071 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 35 flight numbers

This route has been getting less reliable recently — 2026-06's on-time rate (35%) is well below the 63% average from earlier months.
On-time arrival
60%
Median delay
+5 min
90th percentile
+80 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DFW → SFO (3,071 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 60% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +5 min; the worst 10% ran +80 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,78860%
16-30 min34311%
31-60 min39813%
61-120 min29810%
2+ hrs1575%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0728353%+35 min
2025-0825253%+30 min
2025-0921677%+8 min
2025-1024667%+16 min
2025-1124272%+15 min
2025-1225562%+20 min
2026-0121368%+25 min
2026-0222973%+9 min
2026-0326375%+4 min
2026-0424945%+37 min
2026-0526546%+31 min
2026-0627135%+45 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon43857%
Tue41567%
Wed40965%
Thu45159%
Fri42963%
Sat39557%
Sun44752%

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