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Flight Reliability

AA 574 · American Airlines

Dallas–Fort Worth → Buffalo (DFWBUF)97% of its flights flew this route. The rest (ORD–DFW) are included in these numbers.

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(21 flights)
  • Tue64%(22 flights)
  • Wed61%(23 flights)
  • Thu63%(24 flights)
  • Fri52%(21 flights)
  • Sat60%(15 flights)
  • Sun30%(23 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM(3 flights)
  • 3–6 PM(1 flights)
  • 6–9 PM57%(145 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 44% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202544%25
July 202556%25
August 202533%30
September 202568%28
October 202570%30
May 202690%10
Departures on time
56%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
149
Months covered
7

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.