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AA1296

Indianapolis (IND) to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) · scheduled 7:45 AM – 8:50 AM

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How AA1296 performs

820 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
82.8%
667 of 806 completed
Cancellation rate
0.98%
8 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-7 min
Average 13.7 min
Severe delays
5.8%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
129 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
88.2%
Left the gate on time

AA1296 arrived on time 82.8% of the time, against 78.2% for all INDDFW flights — this specific departure is 4.6 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 4.2 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 820 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA129682.8%0.98%-7 min5.8%820
American Airlines on INDDFW78.5%2.18%-7 min8.5%5,449
All INDDFW flights78.2%2.15%-7 min8.6%5,822

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Other routes AA1296 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
AUSDFW Austin to Dallas–Fort Worth2026-03-082026-04-0628
STTDFW Charlotte Amalie to Dallas–Fort Worth2026-03-142026-03-212
PHXSNA Phoenix to Santa Ana2025-12-032026-02-1152
SNAPHX Santa Ana to Phoenix2025-12-032026-02-1152
LAXMIA Los Angeles to Miami2025-12-182026-01-0519
IAHORD Houston to Chicago2025-11-022025-12-0231
MIABOS Miami to Boston2025-01-072025-03-2982
CIDPHX Cedar Rapids to Phoenix2024-01-082024-02-1438
PHXCID Phoenix to Cedar Rapids2024-01-082024-02-1438

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1296 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 820 records of AA1296 operating INDDFW, 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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