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AA1021

Sacramento (SMF) to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) · scheduled 8:17 AM – 12:38 PM

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How AA1021 performs

302 operations, 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
81.2%
238 of 293 completed
Cancellation rate
2.32%
7 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-11 min
Average 11.5 min
Severe delays
6.8%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
116 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
80.0%
Left the gate on time

AA1021 arrived on time 81.2% of the time, against 79.4% for all SMFDFW flights — this specific departure is 1.8 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 1.4 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 302 operations between 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA102181.2%2.32%-11 min6.8%302
American Airlines on SMFDFW79.8%2.28%-9 min8.0%5,097
All SMFDFW flights79.4%2.28%-9 min8.1%5,165

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30

Other routes AA1021 has flown

A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
LAXORD Los Angeles to Chicago2023-07-012026-04-0641290.1%
BDLORD Hartford to Chicago2025-01-072025-03-2982
CLTLGA Charlotte to New York2024-12-192025-01-0610
CLTMDT Charlotte to Harrisburg2024-12-302024-12-301
PHXPIT Phoenix to Pittsburgh2024-12-012024-12-011
ALBCLT Albany to Charlotte2024-11-052024-11-208
PHLJAX Philadelphia to Jacksonville2024-01-082024-02-1221
DFWGSO Dallas–Fort Worth to Greensboro2023-12-202024-01-0718
PHLCLE Philadelphia to Cleveland2023-11-052023-12-0428
PHXSJC Phoenix to San Jose2023-08-152023-11-0481
SJCPHX San Jose to Phoenix2023-08-152023-09-0522

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1021 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 302 records of AA1021 operating SMFDFW, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.

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