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AA2551

Houston (IAH) to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) · scheduled 6:00 AM – 6:17 AM

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How AA2551 performs

883 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
83.7%
714 of 853 completed
Cancellation rate
3.40%
30 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-5 min
Average 16.2 min
Severe delays
7.5%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
140 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
87.1%
Left the gate on time

AA2551 arrived on time 83.7% of the time, against 73.3% for all IAHDFW flights — this specific departure is 10.5 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 10.3 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 883 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA255183.7%3.40%-5 min7.5%883
American Airlines on IAHDFW73.4%3.40%-4 min12.8%7,417
All IAHDFW flights73.3%2.76%-3 min11.6%16,462

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does AA2551 run worse on particular days?

Monday78.5%
Tuesday86.1%
Wednesday82.8%
Thursday86.2%
Friday86.9%
Saturday80.6%
Sunday84.9%

Friday is historically the most reliable day and Monday the least, a gap of 8.4 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 AA2551 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
LASDFW Las Vegas to Dallas–Fort Worth2024-11-062024-12-0428
CLTMYR Charlotte to Myrtle Beach2023-12-232023-12-231
DFWSAT Dallas–Fort Worth to San Antonio2023-12-222023-12-221
SATDFW San Antonio to Dallas–Fort Worth2023-12-222023-12-221
CVGDFW Cincinnati / Covington to Dallas–Fort Worth2023-12-202023-12-201
MIABNA Miami to Nashville2023-12-182023-12-181
DFWOKC Dallas–Fort Worth to Oklahoma City2023-12-172023-12-171
CLTBNA Charlotte to Nashville2023-12-102023-12-101
DFWDSM Dallas–Fort Worth to Des Moines2023-11-252023-11-251
DSMDFW Des Moines to Dallas–Fort Worth2023-11-252023-11-251

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2551 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 883 records of AA2551 operating IAHDFW, 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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