Flight profile · American Airlines
AA2261
St. Louis (STL) to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) · scheduled 5:30 AM – 7:14 AM
How AA2261 performs
1,037 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
AA2261 arrived on time 89.1% of the time, against 74.9% for all STL → DFW flights — this specific departure is 14.2 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 13.9 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,037 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA2261 | 89.1% | 3.09% | -10 min | 4.5% | 1,037 |
| American Airlines on STL → DFW | 75.2% | 2.71% | -5 min | 10.7% | 5,465 |
| All STL → DFW flights | 74.9% | 2.75% | -5 min | 10.7% | 6,938 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does AA2261 run worse on particular days?
Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 6.4 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.
Other routes AA2261 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHX→CLT Phoenix to Charlotte | 2025-06-05 – 2025-06-05 | 1 | — |
| GSP→CLT Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg to Charlotte | 2024-01-14 – 2024-01-14 | 1 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2261 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,037 records of AA2261 operating STL → 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.