Flight Reliability
AA 2868 · American Airlines
Dallas–Fort Worth → Nashville (DFW–BNA)88% of its flights flew this route. The rest (ORD–DFW) are included in these numbers.
- 58%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 22 min
- Average arrival delay
- 3.2%
- Cancelled
- 8 min
- Median arrival delay
Based on 126 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Friday is doing you no favors.
AA 2868 arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays and just 48% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.
Lagging the DFW–BNA route.
AA 2868 arrived on time 58% of the time, versus 67% across the DFW–BNA route.
Well behind the American Airlines network.
AA 2868 arrived on time 58% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.
Keep a backup plan handy.
AA 2868 was cancelled 3.2% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.
The breakdown
- Mon53%(19 flights)
- Tue82%(17 flights)
- Wed59%(17 flights)
- Thu65%(20 flights)
- Fri48%(21 flights)
- Sat—(6 flights)
- Sun50%(22 flights)
- 12–3 PM—(3 flights)
- 6–9 PM57%(119 flights)
Nov 54% → Mar 57% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | 54% | 26 |
| December 2025 | 67% | 27 |
| January 2026 | 44% | 23 |
| February 2026 | 80% | 20 |
| March 2026 | 57% | 21 |
- Departures on time
- 54%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 122
- Months covered
- 6
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 126 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.