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AA2587

Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to Norfolk (ORF) · scheduled 7:05 PM – 11:10 PM

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How AA2587 performs

530 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
59.6%
305 of 512 completed
Cancellation rate
3.21%
17 cancelled
Median arrival delay
6 min
Average 24.0 min
Severe delays
15.6%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
68 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
60.3%
Left the gate on time

AA2587 arrived on time 59.6% of the time, against 69.9% for all DFWORF flights — this specific departure is 10.3 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 9.9 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 530 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA258759.6%3.21%6 min15.6%530
American Airlines on DFWORF69.5%2.71%-2 min11.3%2,948
All DFWORF flights69.9%2.62%-3 min11.2%3,057

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30

Other routes AA2587 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
MCOMIA Orlando to Miami2024-04-042026-03-0756
MIAMCO Miami to Orlando2025-10-062026-03-0741
DFWPIT Dallas–Fort Worth to Pittsburgh2026-01-062026-02-1137
PITDFW Pittsburgh to Dallas–Fort Worth2026-01-102026-02-075
RSWORD Fort Myers to Chicago2025-12-192026-01-042
BNADCA Nashville to Washington2025-12-182025-12-181
DFWJAX Dallas–Fort Worth to Jacksonville2025-12-032025-12-1715
JAXDFW Jacksonville to Dallas–Fort Worth2025-12-032025-12-1715
AUSDFW Austin to Dallas–Fort Worth2025-11-022025-12-0231
DFWAUS Dallas–Fort Worth to Austin2025-11-032025-12-0228
ORDLGA Chicago to New York2024-11-052024-11-2417
ORDAUS Chicago to Austin2024-09-042024-11-0461
DFWSLC Dallas–Fort Worth to Salt Lake City2024-06-052024-09-039038.2%
ORDCLE Chicago to Cleveland2024-05-222024-05-221
CLEORD Cleveland to Chicago2024-05-222024-05-221
MIABNA Miami to Nashville2023-10-052023-11-0431
ABQPHX Albuquerque to Phoenix2023-07-012023-10-049590.5%
PHXABQ Phoenix to Albuquerque2023-07-012023-10-049485.1%

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2587 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Why AA2587 runs late

Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.

Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AA2587 on DFW → ORF. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 530 records of AA2587 operating DFWORF, 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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