Flight Reliability
AA 574 · American Airlines
Dallas–Fort Worth → Buffalo (DFW–BUF)97% of its flights flew this route. The rest (ORD–DFW) are included in these numbers.
- 57%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 27 min
- Average arrival delay
- 3.2%
- Cancelled
- 10 min
- Median arrival delay
Based on 154 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
AA 574 arrived on time 71% of the time on Mondays and just 30% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Well behind the American Airlines network.
AA 574 arrived on time 57% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.
Keep a backup plan handy.
AA 574 was cancelled 3.2% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.
Trending in the right direction.
AA 574 arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 44% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon71%(21 flights)
- Tue64%(22 flights)
- Wed61%(23 flights)
- Thu63%(24 flights)
- Fri52%(21 flights)
- Sat60%(15 flights)
- Sun30%(23 flights)
- 6–9 AM—(3 flights)
- 3–6 PM—(1 flights)
- 6–9 PM57%(145 flights)
Jun 44% → May 90% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 44% | 25 |
| July 2025 | 56% | 25 |
| August 2025 | 33% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 68% | 28 |
| October 2025 | 70% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 90% | 10 |
- Departures on time
- 56%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 149
- Months covered
- 7
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 154 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.