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Flight Reliability

AA 4079 · American Airlines

Dallas–Fort Worth → Little Rock (DFW–LIT)

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
2 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 239 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

AA 4079 departing between 9 PM–12 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 67% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

AA 4079 arrived on time 84% of the time on Fridays and just 59% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit behind the American Airlines network.

AA 4079 arrived on time 74% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.

Recent months have been rougher.

AA 4079 arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon74%(34 flights)
  • Tue72%(25 flights)
  • Wed71%(34 flights)
  • Thu76%(38 flights)
  • Fri84%(32 flights)
  • Sat81%(32 flights)
  • Sun59%(39 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 PM67%(27 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(162 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM87%(45 flights)
On-time trend by month
71%
May

Jun 57% → May 71% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202557%30
July 202559%29
August 202563%30
October 202570%23
January 202696%23
February 2026100%11
March 202688%24
April 202681%26
May 202671%28
Departures on time
79%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
234
Months covered
11

Same route, other flights

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Based on 239 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.