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AA2997

Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to San Francisco (SFO) · scheduled 3:30 PM – 5:22 PM

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How AA2997 performs

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

On-time arrivals
56.3%
272 of 483 completed
Cancellation rate
1.43%
7 cancelled
Median arrival delay
9 min
Average 29.6 min
Severe delays
17.8%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
74 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
54.5%
Left the gate on time

AA2997 arrived on time 56.3% of the time, against 65.0% for all DFWSFO flights — this specific departure is 8.6 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 6.2 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 490 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA299756.3%1.43%9 min17.8%490
American Airlines on DFWSFO62.5%1.96%3 min13.8%9,114
All DFWSFO flights65.0%1.81%1 min13.2%12,284

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

Other routes AA2997 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
DFWOMA Dallas–Fort Worth to Omaha2025-12-182026-04-0646
OMADFW Omaha to Dallas–Fort Worth2025-12-182026-04-0646
DFWORD Dallas–Fort Worth to Chicago2026-02-122026-03-0724
STTDFW Charlotte Amalie to Dallas–Fort Worth2026-01-102026-02-075
PHXSAN Phoenix to San Diego2025-12-032025-12-1715
SANPHX San Diego to Phoenix2025-12-042025-12-144
DFWLGA Dallas–Fort Worth to New York2025-11-022025-12-0227
LGADFW New York to Dallas–Fort Worth2025-11-022025-12-0226
DFWIAH Dallas–Fort Worth to Houston2025-10-062025-11-0127
IAHDFW Houston to Dallas–Fort Worth2025-10-062025-11-0127
RNODFW Reno to Dallas–Fort Worth2025-08-242025-09-012
MIACMH Miami to Columbus2025-08-312025-08-311
MSNBOS Madison to Boston2025-08-212025-08-211
CLTBOS Charlotte to Boston2025-08-172025-08-171
IADDFW Washington to Dallas–Fort Worth2025-08-142025-08-141
BOSDFW Boston to Dallas–Fort Worth2023-07-012024-12-0425787.0%
DFWTUS Dallas–Fort Worth to Tucson2024-06-052024-12-0418270.9%
CLTMIA Charlotte to Miami2023-12-202024-01-0719
ORDBOS Chicago to Boston2023-08-152023-11-0449
BOSORD Boston to Chicago2023-08-152023-11-0427
SAVPHL Savannah to Philadelphia2023-10-052023-10-051

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2997 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 490 records of AA2997 operating DFWSFO, 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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