Flight profile · American Airlines
AA2973
Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to Philadelphia (PHL) · scheduled 5:15 PM – 9:16 PM
How AA2973 performs
278 operations, 2024-02-15 to 2026-06-30.
AA2973 arrived on time 53.1% of the time, against 71.8% for all DFW → PHL flights — this specific departure is 18.7 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 19.2 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 278 operations between 2024-02-15 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA2973 | 53.1% | 2.52% | 12 min | 21.8% | 278 |
| 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 · 2024-02-15 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA2973 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIA→STX Miami to Christiansted | 2026-04-07 – 2026-05-20 | 44 | — |
| STX→MIA Christiansted to Miami | 2026-04-07 – 2026-05-20 | 44 | — |
| PHX→BNA Phoenix to Nashville | 2026-03-08 – 2026-04-06 | 30 | — |
| MIA→ORD Miami to Chicago | 2025-12-03 – 2026-03-07 | 95 | 74.5% |
| PWM→DCA Portland to Washington | 2025-11-02 – 2025-11-19 | 18 | — |
| PHX→SAT Phoenix to San Antonio | 2025-10-06 – 2025-10-30 | 14 | — |
| SAT→PHX San Antonio to Phoenix | 2025-10-06 – 2025-10-30 | 14 | — |
| ORD→IND Chicago to Indianapolis | 2023-08-15 – 2025-03-28 | 280 | 79.9% |
| MIA→JFK Miami to New York | 2023-07-01 – 2024-11-04 | 259 | 66.0% |
| DFW→BHM Dallas–Fort Worth to Birmingham | 2023-12-02 – 2023-12-02 | 1 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2973 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 278 records of AA2973 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.