Flight profile · American Airlines
AA1588
Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to Austin (AUS) · scheduled 10:45 PM – 11:49 PM
How AA1588 performs
237 operations, 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30.
AA1588 arrived on time 54.0% of the time, against 70.7% for all DFW → AUS flights — this specific departure is 16.7 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 14.5 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 237 operations between 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1588 | 54.0% | 4.64% | 12 min | 19.0% | 237 |
| American Airlines on DFW → AUS | 68.5% | 2.52% | -1 min | 12.5% | 11,541 |
| All DFW → AUS flights | 70.7% | 2.57% | -2 min | 11.2% | 14,530 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA1588 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.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| BWI→CLT Baltimore to Charlotte | 2023-07-01 – 2026-04-06 | 393 | 84.5% |
| MCO→ORD Orlando to Chicago | 2026-02-17 – 2026-03-04 | 6 | — |
| PHX→DCA Phoenix to Washington | 2026-01-06 – 2026-02-11 | 37 | — |
| BOS→DCA Boston to Washington | 2025-12-24 – 2026-01-05 | 12 | — |
| AUS→PHX Austin to Phoenix | 2025-12-19 – 2025-12-19 | 1 | — |
| PDX→DFW Portland to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2025-11-01 – 2025-11-01 | 1 | — |
| SFO→DFW San Francisco to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-11-05 – 2025-03-29 | 174 | 69.2% |
| STX→CLT Christiansted to Charlotte | 2024-12-19 – 2025-01-06 | 19 | — |
| ILM→CLT Wilmington to Charlotte | 2024-12-01 – 2024-12-01 | 1 | — |
| PVD→PHL Providence/Warwick to Philadelphia | 2024-09-04 – 2024-10-06 | 33 | — |
| CLT→DAB Charlotte to Daytona Beach | 2024-01-08 – 2024-02-14 | 38 | — |
| DFW→SFO Dallas–Fort Worth to San Francisco | 2023-12-05 – 2024-01-07 | 34 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1588 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why AA1588 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, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AA1588 on DFW → AUS. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on DFW → AUS
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA2707 | American Airlines | 60.2% | 6 min late | 892 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 237 records of AA1588 operating DFW → AUS, 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.