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Flight Reliability

AA 520 · American Airlines

Dallas–Fort Worth → Phoenix (DFWPHX)

62
A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
21 min
Average arrival delay
3.3%
Cancelled
2 min
Median arrival delay

Based on 182 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Tuesdays have been rough.

AA 520 arrived on time 88% of the time on Thursdays and just 58% on Tuesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit behind the American Airlines network.

AA 520 arrived on time 73% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.

Keep a backup plan handy.

AA 520 was cancelled 3.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

AA 520 arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 64% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon67%(24 flights)
  • Tue58%(26 flights)
  • Wed76%(25 flights)
  • Thu88%(25 flights)
  • Fri69%(26 flights)
  • Sat79%(24 flights)
  • Sun73%(26 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 66% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%29
July 202572%29
August 202555%31
September 202593%28
April 202671%24
May 202677%30
Departures on time
71%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
176
Months covered
7

Based on 182 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.