Flight profile · American Airlines
AA1361
Reno (RNO) to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) · scheduled 6:00 AM – 11:16 AM
How AA1361 performs
1,158 operations, July 2023 – August 2026.
Between its first and last recorded date on RNO → DFW, AA1361 averaged about one operation a day or more (1,158 in 1,158 days, cancelled ones included).
AA1361 arrived on time 89.4% of the time, against 80.7% for all RNO → DFW flights, so this departure is 8.7 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’ own flights on this route it is 8.7 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,158 operations, July 2023 – August 2026 · If AA1361 is cancelled or significantly changed, DOT’s automatic refund rule may entitle you to your money back. The refund checker walks through eligibility.
Where AA1361 is right now
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Against the rest of the route
| Flight or route | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1361 | 89.4% | 2.59% | -13 min | 5.8% | 1,158 |
| American Airlines on RNO → DFW | 80.7% | 2.13% | -9 min | 7.1% | 4,047 |
| All RNO → DFW flights | 80.7% | 2.13% | -9 min | 7.1% | 4,047 |
AA1361 cancelled 30 of 1,158 operations (2.59%), close to the 2.13% for RNO → DFW.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026
Why AA1361 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all 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
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AA1361 on RNO → DFW. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – August 2026
From pushback to gate
When it leaves RNO late, does that still matter by the time it reaches DFW?
AA1361 pushes back an average of 17.7 minutes late and reaches the gate at DFW an average of 9.8 minutes late. The 7.9 minutes between those two figures are slack the published schedule already carries, so a late pushback is partly, not fully, made up before the gate. Its 17.7 minutes on the taxiways at RNO is about what any departure from the airport in that hour spends.
On arrival at DFW, AA1361 spends 12.4 min taxiing from touchdown to the gate — ground time a connecting passenger sits through before they can even leave the aircraft, on top of however late the flight itself ran. That is 1.2 minutes shorter than a typical DFW arrival (13.6 min).
Taxi-out is gate to wheels up and sits inside the scheduled block; the hourly comparison is 8,497 RNO departures. Taxi-in is landing to gate, set against 988,998 arrivals at DFW. More on taxi time.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026
The hour it leaves RNO
AA1361 has one departure time, 6:00 AM, so this is what that hour at RNO is worth.
On-time arrival rate. 8,497 departures from RNO are scheduled in the 6 AM–7 AM hour over the period, against 66,704 across the whole day.
AA1361 is scheduled out of RNO at 6:00 AM, in the 6 AM–7 AM bank. Departures from RNO in that hour arrive on time 91.3% of the time against 81.7% across the airport’s whole day — the slot alone is worth 9.6 points better before anything about this particular flight is considered.
Both airport figures cover every destination from RNO, so they describe the slot, not this journey; the route comparison is above. Why the hour matters.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026 · Hours below 120 departures are not scored.
By day of week
Does AA1361 run worse on particular days?
Thursday is historically the most reliable day and Saturday the least, a gap of 7.4 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
When it goes wrong
The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.
17 min late
against a median of 13 min early
Percentiles over 1,158 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – August 2026
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,158 records of AA1361 operating RNO → 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 reported separately, not in the on-time rate.
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Related research: Most and Least Reliable Flight Numbers · The Delay You Inherit · Making Up Time in the Air
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