Flight profile · American Airlines
AA2535
San Diego (SAN) to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) · scheduled 6:15 AM – 12:30 PM
How AA2535 performs
1,078 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
AA2535 arrived on time 86.3% of the time, against 76.5% for all SAN → DFW flights — this specific departure is 9.8 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 8.9 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,078 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA2535 | 86.3% | 1.58% | -10 min | 6.4% | 1,078 |
| American Airlines on SAN → DFW | 77.4% | 2.30% | -6 min | 9.2% | 9,455 |
| All SAN → DFW flights | 76.5% | 2.24% | -6 min | 9.4% | 10,616 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does AA2535 run worse on particular days?
Sunday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 7.4 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 AA2535 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DFW→TPA Dallas–Fort Worth to Tampa | 2024-06-05 – 2024-12-04 | 172 | 68.1% |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2535 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why AA2535 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
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 AA2535 on SAN → 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 SAN → DFW
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1055 | American Airlines | 87.3% | 9 min early | 783 |
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 1,078 records of AA2535 operating SAN → 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.
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