SEA → DFW American Airlines

American Airlines · Seattle, WA to Dallas/Fort Worth, TX · 2,738 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 25 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 93% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 57% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
78%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+45 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on SEA → DFW (2,738 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 78% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -8 min; the worst 10% ran +45 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,05178%
16-30 min1957%
31-60 min1717%
61-120 min1215%
2+ hrs883%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0725369%+34 min
2025-0822776%+12 min
2025-0921182%+7 min
2025-1022683%0 min
2025-1119776%+16 min
2025-1224982%+2 min
2026-0118879%+17 min
2026-0217686%-11 min
2026-0319783%-5 min
2026-0422387%+9 min
2026-0523674%+9 min
2026-0624366%+42 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon38777%
Tue36281%
Wed36083%
Thu39182%
Fri39076%
Sat35077%
Sun38671%

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