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AA481

Chicago (ORD) to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) · scheduled 8:15 AM – 10:56 AM

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How AA481 performs

441 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-05-20.

On-time arrivals
77.3%
333 of 431 completed
Cancellation rate
1.81%
8 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-10 min
Average 8.0 min
Severe delays
10.0%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
84 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
77.1%
Left the gate on time

AA481 arrived on time 77.3% of the time, against 73.0% for all ORDDFW flights — this specific departure is 4.2 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 4.2 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 441 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-05-20

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA48177.3%1.81%-10 min10.0%441
American Airlines on ORDDFW73.0%2.30%-5 min11.3%12,129
All ORDDFW flights73.0%1.94%-5 min10.9%19,767

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-05-20

Other routes AA481 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
LAXPHL Los Angeles to Philadelphia2023-07-012024-11-0427867.4%

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA481 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 441 records of AA481 operating ORDDFW, 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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