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Flight Reliability

AA 2597 · American Airlines

Dallas–Fort Worth → Burbank (DFW–BUR)

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
61%
Arrive within 15 minutes
20 min
Average arrival delay
3.6%
Cancelled
7 min
Median arrival delay

Based on 364 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

AA 2597 arrived on time 69% of the time on Tuesdays and just 51% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Lagging the DFW–BUR route.

AA 2597 arrived on time 61% of the time, versus 68% across the DFW–BUR route.

Well behind the American Airlines network.

AA 2597 arrived on time 61% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.

Keep a backup plan handy.

AA 2597 was cancelled 3.6% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon60%(50 flights)
  • Tue69%(49 flights)
  • Wed69%(52 flights)
  • Thu55%(49 flights)
  • Fri65%(51 flights)
  • Sat57%(49 flights)
  • Sun51%(51 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM—(1 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(3 flights)
  • 6–9 PM61%(347 flights)
On-time trend by month
64%
May

Jun 43% → May 64% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202543%30
July 202547%30
August 202541%29
September 202569%29
October 202581%31
November 202568%28
December 202568%31
January 202670%27
February 202668%28
March 202665%31
April 202648%29
May 202664%28
Departures on time
56%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
351
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 364 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.