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AA1798

Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to San Diego (SAN) · scheduled 8:45 PM – 9:59 PM

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How AA1798 performs

551 operations, 2023-08-15 to 2026-06-03.

On-time arrivals
53.3%
284 of 533 completed
Cancellation rate
2.90%
16 cancelled
Median arrival delay
12 min
Average 27.7 min
Severe delays
14.6%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
62 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
60.3%
Left the gate on time

AA1798 arrived on time 53.3% of the time, against 66.7% for all DFWSAN flights — this specific departure is 13.4 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 13.1 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 551 operations between 2023-08-15 to 2026-06-03

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA179853.3%2.90%12 min14.6%551
American Airlines on DFWSAN66.4%2.25%2 min11.5%9,460
All DFWSAN flights66.7%2.22%1 min11.7%10,622

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-08-15 to 2026-06-03

Other routes AA1798 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
TPAPHX Tampa to Phoenix2025-11-022026-04-0615692.9%
ECPDFW Panama City Beach to Dallas–Fort Worth2023-07-012025-05-0419775.3%
LAXDFW Los Angeles to Dallas–Fort Worth2024-10-072024-11-0214
SANDFW San Diego to Dallas–Fort Worth2023-08-152023-11-0473

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1798 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 551 records of AA1798 operating DFWSAN, 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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