Flight profile · American Airlines
AA2638
Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to Norfolk (ORF) · scheduled 10:33 AM – 2:55 PM
How AA2638 performs
492 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-04-06.
AA2638 arrived on time 78.3% of the time, against 69.9% for all DFW → ORF flights — this specific departure is 8.4 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 8.8 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 492 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-04-06
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA2638 | 78.3% | 1.83% | -7 min | 9.4% | 492 |
| American Airlines on DFW → ORF | 69.5% | 2.71% | -2 min | 11.3% | 2,948 |
| All DFW → ORF flights | 69.9% | 2.62% | -3 min | 11.2% | 3,057 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-04-06
Other routes AA2638 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORF→DFW Norfolk to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-07-01 – 2026-04-06 | 307 | 70.6% |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2638 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why AA2638 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 AA2638 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 492 records of AA2638 operating DFW → ORF, 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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