Flight profile · American Airlines
AA468
New Orleans (MSY) to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) · scheduled 5:30 AM – 7:08 AM
How AA468 performs
573 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-29.
AA468 arrived on time 84.9% of the time, against 72.3% for all MSY → DFW flights — this specific departure is 12.5 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 12.7 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 573 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-29
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA468 | 84.9% | 2.97% | -8 min | 7.2% | 573 |
| American Airlines on MSY → DFW | 72.1% | 2.87% | -3 min | 11.7% | 7,109 |
| All MSY → DFW flights | 72.3% | 2.88% | -3 min | 11.4% | 8,814 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-29
Other routes AA468 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DFW→LAS Dallas–Fort Worth to Las Vegas | 2024-04-04 – 2026-04-06 | 155 | 61.2% |
| RDU→CLT Raleigh–Durham to Charlotte | 2024-09-04 – 2024-11-04 | 62 | — |
| CLT→LAS Charlotte to Las Vegas | 2024-05-06 – 2024-11-02 | 87 | — |
| LAX→CLT Los Angeles to Charlotte | 2024-06-05 – 2024-08-05 | 62 | — |
| LAS→CLT Las Vegas to Charlotte | 2024-05-06 – 2024-06-04 | 28 | — |
| ORD→DFW Chicago to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-08-15 – 2023-11-04 | 52 | — |
| PHX→PSP Phoenix to Palm Springs | 2023-09-06 – 2023-10-04 | 25 | — |
| CLT→TPA Charlotte to Tampa | 2023-07-01 – 2023-08-14 | 45 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA468 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
When it goes wrong
The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.
35 min late
against a median of 8 min early
Percentiles over 573 operations. Cancelled and diverted flights have no arrival time and are counted separately rather than as very late arrivals.
Why AA468 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AA468 on MSY → DFW. 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 573 records of AA468 operating MSY → DFW, 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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