Flight profile · American Airlines
AA1561
Grand Rapids (GRR) to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) · scheduled 7:00 AM – 9:19 AM
How AA1561 performs
1,089 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
AA1561 arrived on time 73.4% of the time, against 68.7% for all GRR → DFW flights — this specific departure is 4.7 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 5.1 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,089 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1561 | 73.4% | 2.11% | -3 min | 9.1% | 1,089 |
| American Airlines on GRR → DFW | 68.4% | 2.17% | -2 min | 12.6% | 2,951 |
| All GRR → DFW flights | 68.7% | 2.21% | -2 min | 12.2% | 3,207 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does AA1561 run worse on particular days?
Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Saturday the least, a gap of 10.2 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Why AA1561 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
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 AA1561 on GRR → DFW. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,089 records of AA1561 operating GRR → 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 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.
Full methodology · Report a problem
Analysis last recomputed