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AA 4260 · American Airlines

Dallas–Fort Worth → AVL (DFW–AVL)97% of its flights flew this route. The rest (CLT–GSO, GSO–CLT) are included in these numbers.

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
10 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 290 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

AA 4260 arrived on time 88% of the time on Tuesdays and just 71% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Better than the DFW–AVL route average.

AA 4260 arrived on time 79% of the time, versus 72% across the DFW–AVL route.

Recent months have been rougher.

AA 4260 arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 91% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon74%(42 flights)
  • Tue88%(42 flights)
  • Wed78%(41 flights)
  • Thu78%(40 flights)
  • Fri83%(41 flights)
  • Sat85%(40 flights)
  • Sun71%(41 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 PM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 PM79%(286 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 62% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202562%34
July 202577%30
September 202585%27
October 202571%31
November 202586%29
December 202587%30
February 2026100%17
March 202681%31
April 202677%30
May 202684%19
Departures on time
81%
Diverted
0.3%
Flights flown
287
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 290 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.