Flight profile · American Airlines
AA1506
Indianapolis (IND) to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) · scheduled 11:07 AM – 12:26 PM
How AA1506 performs
968 operations, July 2023 – August 2026.
Between its first and last recorded date on IND → DFW, AA1506 averaged about 6 operations a week (968 in 1,158 days, cancelled ones included).
AA1506 arrived on time 83.5% of the time, against 78.4% for all IND → DFW flights, so this departure is 5.1 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’ own flights on this route it is 4.7 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 968 operations, July 2023 – August 2026 · If AA1506 is cancelled or significantly changed, DOT’s automatic refund rule may entitle you to your money back. The refund checker walks through eligibility.
Where AA1506 is right now
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Against the rest of the route
| Flight or route | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1506 | 83.5% | 1.96% | -11 min | 6.3% | 968 |
| American Airlines on IND → DFW | 78.8% | 2.08% | -8 min | 8.6% | 5,808 |
| All IND → DFW flights | 78.4% | 2.06% | -8 min | 8.8% | 6,208 |
AA1506 cancelled 19 of 968 operations (1.96%), close to the 2.06% for IND → DFW.
6.3% of AA1506’s arrivals were an hour or more late, against 8.8% across IND → DFW, so the long delays are less common on this number than on the route.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026
Why AA1506 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 AA1506 on IND → 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
Does a late aircraft delay this flight?
How often the plane that flies AA1506 comes in late, and what that does to the departure.
When the aircraft came in 15 or more minutes late, AA1506 pushed back an average of 43 minutes late; when it came in on time or early, an average of 3 minutes late.
Matched by tail number to the aircraft’s previous flight into IND: 879 of 950 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA1506 | 17% | 57% | 6% |
| Network, same turn | 18% | 85% | 10% |
52 scheduled minutes is enough to clean and board when the aircraft is on time, with little to spare when it is not.
The network row is every flight with a scheduled turn of 45 to 59 minutes. How often AA1506’s aircraft landed 15 or more minutes late is about the same as the network’s and, once the aircraft was late, how often AA1506 left 15 or more minutes late is lower than the network’s.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – August 2026
From pushback to gate
When it leaves IND late, does that still matter by the time it reaches DFW?
AA1506 pushes back an average of 12.3 minutes late and reaches the gate at DFW an average of 4.5 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. It spends 16.3 minutes on the taxiways at IND, 1.4 minutes longer than a typical IND departure in the same hour.
On arrival at DFW, AA1506 spends 13.9 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 about what any arrival at DFW spends on the ground before reaching the gate.
Taxi-out is gate to wheels up and sits inside the scheduled block; the hourly comparison is 9,596 IND 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 IND
AA1506 has one departure time, 11:07 AM, so this is what that hour at IND is worth.
On-time arrival rate. 9,596 departures from IND are scheduled in the 11 AM–12 PM hour over the period, against 151,043 across the whole day.
AA1506 is scheduled out of IND at 11:07 AM, in the 11 AM–12 PM bank. Departures from IND in that hour arrive on time 86.9% of the time against 81.8% across the airport’s whole day — the slot alone is worth 5.1 points better before anything about this particular flight is considered.
Both airport figures cover every destination from IND, 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 AA1506 run worse on particular days?
Friday scored highest and Wednesday lowest, 5.9 points apart, but with about 138 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 AA1506 has flown
Carriers reassign flight numbers. AA1506 also served these 6 other city pairs in the period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| DFW→IND Dallas–Fort Worth to Indianapolis | July 1, 2023 – August 31, 2026 | 662 | 85.8% |
| BNA→PHL Nashville to Philadelphia | May 21, 2026 – August 4, 2026 | 65 | — |
| PHL→BNA Philadelphia to Nashville | May 21, 2026 – August 4, 2026 | 65 | — |
| EWR→PHX Newark to Phoenix | December 4–15, 2025 | 10 | — |
| BOS→ORD Boston to Chicago | December 3, 2025 | 1 | — |
| LAX→MIA Los Angeles to Miami | December 19, 2024 – January 6, 2025 | 17 | — |
The figures above describe only IND → DFW, the route AA1506 flies now.
When it goes wrong
The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.
36 min late
against a median of 11 min early
Percentiles over 968 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA2782 | American Airlines | 87.4% | 10 min early | 843 |
| AA1506 this flight | American Airlines | 83.5% | 11 min early | 968 |
| AA1296 | American Airlines | 82.8% | 8 min early | 882 |
| AA2456 | American Airlines | 75.9% | 6 min early | 836 |
| AA1505 | American Airlines | 68.4% | 1 min early | 642 |
Among all 5 departures on this route with at least 600 operations, AA1506 has the 2nd highest on-time rate, 3.9 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 968 records of AA1506 operating IND → 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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