Flight profile · American Airlines
AA2659
Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to Santa Ana (SNA) · scheduled 2:30 PM – 3:48 PM
How AA2659 performs
962 operations, July 2023 – August 2026.
Between its first and last recorded date on DFW → SNA, AA2659 averaged about 6 operations a week (962 in 1,158 days, cancelled ones included).
AA2659 arrived on time 78.4% of the time, level with the 79.1% for all DFW → SNA flights: on arrival punctuality it is a typical departure on this route, neither better nor worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 962 operations, July 2023 – August 2026 · If AA2659 is cancelled or significantly changed, DOT’s automatic refund rule may entitle you to your money back. The refund checker walks through eligibility.
Where AA2659 is right now
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Against the rest of the route
| Flight or route | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA2659 | 78.4% | 1.87% | -6 min | 7.4% | 962 |
| American Airlines on DFW → SNA | 79.4% | 2.09% | -6 min | 6.3% | 9,030 |
| All DFW → SNA flights | 79.1% | 2.13% | -6 min | 6.3% | 9,376 |
AA2659 cancelled 18 of 962 operations (1.87%), close to the 2.13% for DFW → SNA.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026
Why AA2659 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 and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
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 AA2659 on DFW → SNA. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – August 2026
Does a late aircraft delay this flight?
How often the plane that flies AA2659 comes in late, and what that does to the departure.
The aircraft flying AA2659 came in 15 or more minutes late on 12% of the departures where its previous flight is known. There are not enough departures in both groups to say how the flight left after a late one and after an on-time one.
Matched by tail number to the aircraft’s previous flight into DFW: 872 of 944 departures. Unknown, cancelled or diverted inbounds and gaps over 12 hours are left out.
Against the network at the same turn length
| Share of departures | Inbound landed 15+ late |
|---|---|
| AA2659 | 12% |
| Network, same turn | 17% |
68 scheduled minutes is enough to clean and board when the aircraft is on time, with little to spare when it is not.
The network row is every flight with a scheduled turn of 60 to 89 minutes. How often AA2659’s aircraft landed 15 or more minutes late is lower than the network’s. There are not enough departures in both groups to compare how it left.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – August 2026
From pushback to gate
When it leaves DFW late, does that still matter by the time it reaches SNA?
AA2659 pushes back an average of 15.1 minutes late and reaches the gate at SNA an average of 6.9 minutes late. The 8.2 minutes between those two figures are slack the published schedule already carries, so a late pushback is partly, not fully, made up before the gate. It spends 16.9 minutes on the taxiways at DFW, 1.1 minutes shorter than a typical DFW departure in the same hour.
On arrival at SNA, AA2659 spends 7.3 min taxiing from touchdown to the gate — ground time a connecting passenger sits through before they can even leave the aircraft, on top of however late the flight itself ran. That is about what any arrival at SNA spends on the ground before reaching the gate.
Taxi-out is gate to wheels up and sits inside the scheduled block; the hourly comparison is 65,132 DFW departures. Taxi-in is landing to gate, set against 141,256 arrivals at SNA. More on taxi time.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026
The hour it leaves DFW
AA2659 has one departure time, 2:30 PM, so this is what that hour at DFW is worth.
On-time arrival rate. 65,132 departures from DFW are scheduled in the 2 PM–3 PM hour over the period, against 989,065 across the whole day.
AA2659 is scheduled out of DFW at 2:30 PM, in the 2 PM–3 PM bank. Departures from DFW in that hour arrive on time 71.7% of the time against 73.1% across the airport’s whole day, so the hour AA2659 leaves in is an ordinary one for DFW and explains nothing about its record either way.
Both airport figures cover every destination from DFW, so they describe the slot, not this journey; the route comparison is above. Why the hour matters.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026 · Hours below 120 departures are not scored.
By day of week
Does AA2659 run worse on particular days?
Tuesday scored highest and Wednesday lowest, 9.3 points apart, but with about 137 operations per scored day that is within what chance alone produces, so no day stands out.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes AA2659 has flown
Carriers reassign flight numbers. AA2659 also served these 6 other city pairs in the period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNA→DFW Santa Ana to Dallas–Fort Worth | July 1, 2023 – August 31, 2026 | 921 | 79.1% |
| PHX→SNA Phoenix to Santa Ana | May 21, 2026 – August 4, 2026 | 75 | — |
| SNA→PHX Santa Ana to Phoenix | May 21, 2026 – August 4, 2026 | 75 | — |
| PBI→ORD West Palm Beach to Chicago | May 12–20, 2026 | 4 | — |
| MKE→PHX Milwaukee to Phoenix | April 9, 2026 – May 18, 2026 | 24 | — |
| SAV→MIA Savannah to Miami | April 7, 2026 | 1 | — |
The figures above describe only DFW → SNA, the route AA2659 flies now.
When it goes wrong
The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.
47 min late
against a median of 6 min early
Percentiles over 962 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – August 2026
Other flights on this route
Same airports, same journey, different odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA2659 this flight | American Airlines | 78.4% | 6 min early | 962 |
| AA348 | American Airlines | 75.5% | 1 min early | 759 |
| AA806 | American Airlines | 71.8% | 1 min early | 652 |
Among all 3 departures on this route with at least 600 operations, AA2659 has the highest on-time rate. Every departure here has at least 600 operations; the other rows are the most punctual on the route, not all of them.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 962 records of AA2659 operating DFW → SNA, 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 reported separately, not in the on-time rate.
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