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AA1243

Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to San Diego (SAN) · scheduled 7:45 PM – 8:04 PM

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How AA1243 performs

538 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
59.3%
307 of 518 completed
Cancellation rate
2.97%
16 cancelled
Median arrival delay
8 min
Average 24.5 min
Severe delays
13.9%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
66 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
59.3%
Left the gate on time

AA1243 arrived on time 59.3% of the time, against 66.7% for all DFWSAN flights — this specific departure is 7.4 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 7.1 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 538 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA124359.3%2.97%8 min13.9%538
American Airlines on DFWSAN66.4%2.25%2 min11.5%9,460
All DFWSAN flights66.7%2.22%1 min11.7%10,622

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30

Other routes AA1243 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
BOSLAX Boston to Los Angeles2025-10-062026-04-0618273.9%
PHXDCA Phoenix to Washington2024-11-052024-12-0329
AUSORD Austin to Chicago2023-07-012024-11-0427088.4%
DFWSLC Dallas–Fort Worth to Salt Lake City2024-06-052024-08-0562

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1243 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 538 records of AA1243 operating DFWSAN, 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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