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AA1603

Newark (EWR) to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) · scheduled 8:00 AM – 11:20 AM

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How AA1603 performs

463 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-04-06.

On-time arrivals
83.9%
371 of 442 completed
Cancellation rate
3.46%
16 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-13 min
Average -2.0 min
Severe delays
5.9%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
85 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
87.2%
Left the gate on time

AA1603 arrived on time 83.9% of the time, against 78.0% for all EWRDFW flights — this specific departure is 5.9 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 4.1 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 463 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-04-06

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA160383.9%3.46%-13 min5.9%463
American Airlines on EWRDFW79.8%3.00%-11 min8.6%4,366
All EWRDFW flights78.0%2.66%-9 min9.6%10,657

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-04-06

Other routes AA1603 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.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
PHLJAX Philadelphia to Jacksonville2025-11-022025-12-0230
BNADFW Nashville to Dallas–Fort Worth2023-10-062023-10-2924

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1603 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 463 records of AA1603 operating EWRDFW, 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.

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