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Flight Reliability

AA 3887 · American Airlines

Dallas–Fort Worth → CMI (DFW–CMI)

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
6 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 363 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

AA 3887 arrived on time 90% of the time on Fridays and just 73% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit behind the DFW–CMI route.

AA 3887 arrived on time 81% of the time, versus 84% across the DFW–CMI route.

A bit ahead of the American Airlines network.

AA 3887 arrived on time 81% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.

Slipping a little lately.

AA 3887 arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon73%(51 flights)
  • Tue86%(50 flights)
  • Wed85%(52 flights)
  • Thu82%(50 flights)
  • Fri90%(51 flights)
  • Sat79%(48 flights)
  • Sun73%(51 flights)
On-time trend by month
69%
May

Jun 67% → May 69% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%30
July 202568%31
August 202587%31
September 202579%29
October 202581%31
November 202589%27
December 202576%29
January 202693%29
February 202689%28
March 202690%31
April 202686%28
May 202669%29
Departures on time
82%
Diverted
0.8%
Flights flown
353
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 363 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.