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AA2988

Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 1:10 PM – 7:24 PM

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How AA2988 performs

291 operations, 2025-02-13 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
64.2%
183 of 285 completed
Cancellation rate
1.37%
4 cancelled
Median arrival delay
2 min
Average 48.3 min
Severe delays
17.2%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
150 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
60.6%
Left the gate on time

AA2988 arrived on time 64.2% of the time, against 73.1% for all DFWORD flights — this specific departure is 8.8 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 7.4 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 291 operations between 2025-02-13 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA298864.2%1.37%2 min17.2%291
American Airlines on DFWORD71.6%2.25%-3 min10.9%12,145
All DFWORD flights73.1%2.01%-3 min10.6%19,786

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-02-13 to 2026-06-30

Other routes AA2988 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
ORDDFW Chicago to Dallas–Fort Worth2026-04-072026-06-3085
ORDMIA Chicago to Miami2026-03-082026-04-0630
MIAORD Miami to Chicago2026-02-122026-03-0724
LGARSW New York to Fort Myers2025-12-032025-12-1715
RSWLGA Fort Myers to New York2025-12-032025-12-1715
DFWLGA Dallas–Fort Worth to New York2025-11-022025-12-0229
PHLLAS Philadelphia to Las Vegas2025-05-052025-06-0431
XNADFW Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers to Dallas–Fort Worth2025-01-082025-02-1231
DFWSTT Dallas–Fort Worth to Charlotte Amalie2024-11-092025-01-049
MSPDCA Minneapolis to Washington2024-11-242024-12-012
AVLCLT Asheville to Charlotte2023-07-012024-11-0473
BNAPHL Nashville to Philadelphia2024-09-052024-10-0619
PHLBNA Philadelphia to Nashville2024-09-052024-10-0619
BDLORD Hartford to Chicago2024-08-062024-09-0329
ORDBDL Chicago to Hartford2024-08-062024-09-0328
GSPDFW Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg to Dallas–Fort Worth2024-06-052024-08-0562
MCOORD Orlando to Chicago2024-05-062024-06-0430
IAHPHL Houston to Philadelphia2024-04-042024-05-0532
PHLIAH Philadelphia to Houston2024-04-042024-05-0532
LAXSAT Los Angeles to San Antonio2024-03-062024-04-0325
PHXJFK Phoenix to New York2024-02-172024-02-182
SBADFW Santa Barbara to Dallas–Fort Worth2024-02-152024-02-151
AUSPHL Austin to Philadelphia2023-12-052024-02-1248
RDULGA Raleigh–Durham to New York2023-11-062023-12-0424
DCALGA Washington to New York2023-10-052023-11-0322
SNADFW Santa Ana to Dallas–Fort Worth2023-10-082023-10-294
PVDCLT Providence/Warwick to Charlotte2023-08-152023-10-0449

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2988 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 291 records of AA2988 operating DFWORD, 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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