Flight profile · American Airlines
AA1429
Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) · scheduled 7:00 AM – 10:45 AM
How AA1429 performs
929 operations, July 2023 – August 2026.
Between its first and last recorded date on DFW → FLL, AA1429 averaged about 6 operations a week (929 in 1,157 days, cancelled ones included).
AA1429 arrived on time 73.9% of the time, against 70.9% for all DFW → FLL flights, so this departure is 3.0 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’ own flights on this route it is 4.9 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 929 operations, July 2023 – August 2026 · If AA1429 is cancelled or significantly changed, DOT’s automatic refund rule may entitle you to your money back. The refund checker walks through eligibility.
Where AA1429 is right now
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Against the rest of the route
| Flight or route | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1429 | 73.9% | 2.58% | -3 min | 9.6% | 929 |
| American Airlines on DFW → FLL | 69.0% | 2.60% | -1 min | 11.5% | 6,237 |
| All DFW → FLL flights | 70.9% | 2.47% | -2 min | 10.8% | 9,501 |
AA1429 cancelled 24 of 929 operations (2.58%), close to the 2.47% for DFW → FLL.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026
Why AA1429 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
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 AA1429 on DFW → FLL. 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
Does a late aircraft delay this flight?
How often the plane that flies AA1429 comes in late, and what that does to the departure.
When the aircraft came in 15 or more minutes late, AA1429 pushed back an average of 27 minutes late; when it came in on time or early, an average of 8 minutes late.
Matched by tail number to the aircraft’s previous flight into DFW: 712 of 905 departures. Unknown, cancelled or diverted inbounds and gaps over 12 hours are left out.
Against the network at the same turn length
| Share of departures | Inbound landed 15+ late | Left 15+ late after a late inbound | Left 15+ late after an on-time inbound |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA1429 | 27% | 40% | 16% |
| Network, same turn | 23% | 40% | 9% |
A long gap on the ground gives a late aircraft room to catch up before this flight pushes back.
The network row is every flight with a scheduled turn of 90 minutes to 3 hours. How often AA1429’s aircraft landed 15 or more minutes late is higher than the network’s and, once the aircraft was late, how often AA1429 left 15 or more minutes late is about the same as the network’s.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – August 2026
From pushback to gate
When it leaves DFW late, does that still matter by the time it reaches FLL?
AA1429 pushes back an average of 16.8 minutes late and reaches the gate at FLL an average of 12.4 minutes late. The 4.4 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. It spends 18.7 minutes on the taxiways at DFW, 1.1 minutes shorter than a typical DFW departure in the same hour.
On arrival at FLL, AA1429 spends 4.8 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 2.6 minutes shorter than a typical FLL arrival (7.4 min).
Taxi-out is gate to wheels up and sits inside the scheduled block; the hourly comparison is 64,260 DFW departures. Taxi-in is landing to gate, set against 285,735 arrivals at FLL. More on taxi time.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026
The hour it leaves DFW
AA1429 has one departure time, 7:00 AM, so this is what that hour at DFW is worth.
On-time arrival rate. 64,260 departures from DFW are scheduled in the 7 AM–8 AM hour over the period, against 989,065 across the whole day.
AA1429 is scheduled out of DFW at 7:00 AM, in the 7 AM–8 AM bank. Departures from DFW in that hour arrive on time 85.3% of the time against 73.1% across the airport’s whole day — the slot alone is worth 12.2 points better before anything about this particular flight is considered.
Both airport figures cover every destination from DFW, 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 AA1429 run worse on particular days?
Thursday scored highest and Sunday lowest, 8.8 points apart, but with about 136 operations per scored day that is within what chance alone produces, so no day stands out.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes AA1429 has flown
Carriers reassign flight numbers. AA1429 also served these 4 other city pairs in the period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLL→DFW Fort Lauderdale to Dallas–Fort Worth | July 2, 2023 – August 31, 2026 | 648 | 80.9% |
| AVL→DFW Asheville to Dallas–Fort Worth | May 21, 2026 – August 4, 2026 | 75 | — |
| DFW→AVL Dallas–Fort Worth to Asheville | May 21, 2026 – August 4, 2026 | 75 | — |
| PHX→MIA Phoenix to Miami | April 7, 2026 – May 20, 2026 | 44 | — |
The figures above describe only DFW → FLL, the route AA1429 flies now.
When it goes wrong
The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.
58 min late
against a median of 3 min early
AA1429 has an average that understates its risk: a typical arrival is 3 min early, but the worst tenth are 61 minutes worse than that. If the trip has something unmissable at the end of it, the median is the wrong number to plan against.
Percentiles over 929 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – August 2026
Other flights on this route
Same airports, same journey, different odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1390 | American Airlines | 78.3% | 6 min early | 662 |
| AA1429 this flight | American Airlines | 73.9% | 3 min early | 929 |
| AA1373 | American Airlines | 68.2% | 0 min early | 612 |
Among all 3 departures on this route with at least 600 operations, AA1429 has the 2nd highest on-time rate, 4.4 points behind the best. Every departure here has at least 600 operations; the other rows are the most punctual on the route, not all of them.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 929 records of AA1429 operating DFW → FLL, 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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