Flight profile · American Airlines
AA1953
New York (JFK) to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) · scheduled 6:20 PM – 9:21 PM
How AA1953 performs
455 operations, 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30.
AA1953 arrived on time 65.8% of the time, against 76.6% for all JFK → DFW flights — this specific departure is 10.7 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 12.3 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 455 operations between 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1953 | 65.8% | 2.42% | 0 min | 16.2% | 455 |
| American Airlines on JFK → DFW | 78.1% | 2.04% | -11 min | 9.2% | 3,724 |
| All JFK → DFW flights | 76.6% | 2.09% | -10 min | 10.1% | 5,826 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA1953 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAT→PHX San Antonio to Phoenix | 2023-12-07 – 2025-03-29 | 148 | 96.6% |
| LAX→AUS Los Angeles to Austin | 2024-06-05 – 2024-11-04 | 102 | 71.6% |
| BTV→DFW Burlington to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2024-06-08 – 2024-10-05 | 14 | — |
| DFW→BTV Dallas–Fort Worth to Burlington | 2024-06-08 – 2024-10-05 | 14 | — |
| DCA→PBI Washington to West Palm Beach | 2024-04-04 – 2024-06-04 | 62 | — |
| PBI→DCA West Palm Beach to Washington | 2024-04-04 – 2024-06-04 | 62 | — |
| CLT→PVD Charlotte to Providence/Warwick | 2024-02-15 – 2024-04-03 | 49 | — |
| PVD→CLT Providence/Warwick to Charlotte | 2024-02-15 – 2024-04-03 | 49 | — |
| CLE→CLT Cleveland to Charlotte | 2024-01-08 – 2024-02-14 | 38 | — |
| IAH→MIA Houston to Miami | 2023-12-20 – 2024-01-07 | 19 | — |
| MIA→IAH Miami to Houston | 2023-12-20 – 2024-01-07 | 19 | — |
| DFW→SAN Dallas–Fort Worth to San Diego | 2023-11-26 – 2023-11-26 | 1 | — |
| DFW→LAX Dallas–Fort Worth to Los Angeles | 2023-07-01 – 2023-11-04 | 125 | 82.1% |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1953 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why AA1953 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
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 AA1953 on JFK → DFW. 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 JFK → DFW
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA2234 | American Airlines | 87.2% | 16 min early | 731 |
| DL496 | Delta Air Lines | 68.8% | 6 min early | 874 |
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 455 records of AA1953 operating JFK → 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.