Flight profile · American Airlines
AA1217
Raleigh–Durham (RDU) to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) · scheduled 8:08 AM – 12:00 PM
How AA1217 performs
451 operations, 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30.
AA1217 arrived on time 81.0% of the time, against 76.8% for all RDU → DFW flights — this specific departure is 4.2 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 3.9 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 451 operations between 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1217 | 81.0% | 2.66% | -8 min | 8.7% | 451 |
| American Airlines on RDU → DFW | 77.1% | 2.16% | -5 min | 8.4% | 6,023 |
| All RDU → DFW flights | 76.8% | 2.22% | -5 min | 8.4% | 6,629 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA1217 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.
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1217 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why AA1217 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AA1217 on RDU → DFW. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on RDU → DFW
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA2605 | American Airlines | 90.8% | 9 min early | 846 |
| AA802 | American Airlines | 82.7% | 5 min early | 941 |
| AA2683 | American Airlines | 80.8% | 8 min early | 746 |
| AA2693 | American Airlines | 65.7% | 2 min late | 660 |
| AA1888 | American Airlines | 60.7% | 7 min late | 665 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 451 records of AA1217 operating RDU → DFW, 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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