Flight profile · American Airlines
AA2542
Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to Philadelphia (PHL) · scheduled 8:40 PM – 12:59 AM
How AA2542 performs
260 operations, 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30.
AA2542 arrived on time 55.7% of the time, against 71.8% for all DFW → PHL flights — this specific departure is 16.1 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 16.6 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 260 operations between 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA2542 | 55.7% | 6.15% | 10 min | 18.4% | 260 |
| American Airlines on DFW → PHL | 72.4% | 2.49% | -3 min | 10.4% | 9,371 |
| All DFW → PHL flights | 71.8% | 2.52% | -3 min | 10.8% | 10,373 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA2542 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TYS→DFW Knoxville/Maryville to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-07-01 – 2026-04-06 | 382 | 64.1% |
| DFW→TYS Dallas–Fort Worth to Knoxville/Maryville | 2023-07-01 – 2026-04-06 | 370 | 66.1% |
| SAN→DFW San Diego to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2024-11-05 – 2025-03-29 | 144 | 72.1% |
| LAX→DFW Los Angeles to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2024-10-01 – 2024-10-01 | 1 | — |
| ORD→STL Chicago to St. Louis | 2024-08-27 – 2024-08-28 | 2 | — |
| MCI→DFW Kansas City to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2024-08-06 – 2024-08-06 | 1 | — |
| LAX→ORD Los Angeles to Chicago | 2024-08-05 – 2024-08-05 | 1 | — |
| PSP→DFW Palm Springs to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2024-07-07 – 2024-07-07 | 1 | — |
| ELP→PHX El Paso to Phoenix | 2024-06-05 – 2024-07-05 | 2 | — |
| CLT→RDU Charlotte to Raleigh–Durham | 2024-01-08 – 2024-02-14 | 38 | — |
| CLT→ATL Charlotte to Atlanta | 2023-12-20 – 2024-01-07 | 18 | — |
| AUS→DFW Austin to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-12-07 – 2023-12-18 | 10 | — |
| ATL→ORD Atlanta to Chicago | 2023-11-05 – 2023-12-04 | 30 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2542 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why AA2542 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 AA2542 on DFW → PHL. 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 DFW → PHL
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA402 | American Airlines | 84.4% | 11 min early | 650 |
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 260 records of AA2542 operating DFW → PHL, 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.