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AA472

Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to Washington (DCA) · scheduled 5:02 PM – 9:00 PM

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How AA472 performs

1,046 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
60.0%
601 of 1,001 completed
Cancellation rate
3.35%
35 cancelled
Median arrival delay
5 min
Average 26.1 min
Severe delays
16.7%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
76 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
61.9%
Left the gate on time

AA472 arrived on time 60.0% of the time, against 74.6% for all DFWDCA flights — this specific departure is 14.6 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 14.6 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,046 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA47260.0%3.35%5 min16.7%1,046
American Airlines on DFWDCA74.6%2.48%-4 min8.7%9,983
All DFWDCA flights74.6%2.48%-4 min8.7%9,983

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does AA472 run worse on particular days?

Monday68.8%
Tuesday61.0%
Wednesday59.2%
Thursday56.1%
Friday52.1%
Saturday66.9%
Sunday55.9%

Monday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 16.6 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,046 records of AA472 operating DFWDCA, 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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