SFO → DFW American Airlines

American Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Dallas/Fort Worth, TX · 3,072 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 39 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -5 min, while the worst 10% run +63 min or later.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+63 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on SFO → DFW (3,072 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 min; the worst 10% ran +63 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,19374%
16-30 min2348%
31-60 min2217%
61-120 min1846%
2+ hrs1284%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0728073%+18 min
2025-0824768%+26 min
2025-0921586%+5 min
2025-1024580%+10 min
2025-1124077%+6 min
2025-1225582%+6 min
2026-0121473%+34 min
2026-0222982%+13 min
2026-0326377%+24 min
2026-0424667%+20 min
2026-0526069%+13 min
2026-0626658%+43 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon44173%
Tue43476%
Wed40976%
Thu42474%
Fri42875%
Sat40374%
Sun42172%

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