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AA485

Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to McAllen (MFE) · scheduled 10:31 PM – 12:09 AM

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How AA485 performs

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

On-time arrivals

57.2%

230 of 402 completed

Cancellation rate

2.89%

12 cancelled

Median arrival delay

9 min

Average 31.5 min

Severe delays

16.4%

Arrived 60+ minutes late

Delay when late

80 min

Average, when 15+ min late

Departure punctuality

56.1%

Left the gate on time

AA485 arrived on time 57.2% of the time, against 71.6% for all DFW → MFE flights — this specific departure is 14.4 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 9.9 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 415 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

	On time	Cancelled	Median delay	Severe	Flights
AA485	57.2%	2.89%	9 min	16.4%	415
American Airlines on DFW → MFE	67.1%	2.54%	0 min	13.3%	5,087
All DFW → MFE flights	71.6%	2.43%	-3 min	10.9%	7,448

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

Other routes AA485 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
CVG→MIA Cincinnati / Covington to Miami	2026-01-06 – 2026-02-11	32	—
MIA→CVG Miami to Cincinnati / Covington	2026-01-06 – 2026-02-11	32	—
ILM→CLT Wilmington to Charlotte	2024-12-06 – 2024-12-16	7	—
JFK→MIA New York to Miami	2023-07-01 – 2024-11-04	330	58.7%

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA485 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 415 records of AA485 operating DFW → MFE, 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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