Flight profile · American Airlines
AA509
Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to Sacramento (SMF) · scheduled 10:30 PM – 11:59 PM
How AA509 performs
400 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30.
AA509 arrived on time 52.4% of the time, against 67.2% for all DFW → SMF flights — this specific departure is 14.9 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 15.1 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 400 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA509 | 52.4% | 4.25% | 12 min | 16.2% | 400 |
| American Airlines on DFW → SMF | 67.4% | 2.12% | -1 min | 12.3% | 5,098 |
| All DFW → SMF flights | 67.2% | 2.09% | 0 min | 12.4% | 5,167 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA509 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORD→SJC Chicago to San Jose | 2026-02-05 – 2026-02-09 | 3 | — |
| PHX→SEA Phoenix to Seattle | 2025-12-05 – 2025-12-05 | 1 | — |
| ORD→PIT Chicago to Pittsburgh | 2025-10-06 – 2025-10-30 | 25 | — |
| MDT→MIA Harrisburg to Miami | 2025-01-07 – 2025-01-10 | 3 | — |
| MIA→MDT Miami to Harrisburg | 2025-01-07 – 2025-01-10 | 3 | — |
| ORD→DFW Chicago to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2024-12-06 – 2024-12-18 | 13 | — |
| DFW→SLC Dallas–Fort Worth to Salt Lake City | 2024-10-07 – 2024-11-04 | 29 | — |
| AUS→DTW Austin to Detroit | 2024-09-06 – 2024-09-08 | 2 | — |
| MIA→TPA Miami to Tampa | 2024-08-06 – 2024-09-03 | 29 | — |
| CLT→AUS Charlotte to Austin | 2024-06-05 – 2024-08-05 | 53 | — |
| AUS→CLT Austin to Charlotte | 2024-06-05 – 2024-08-05 | 52 | — |
| AUS→DFW Austin to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2024-04-04 – 2024-06-04 | 54 | — |
| EGE→MIA Eagle to Miami | 2024-01-13 – 2024-02-10 | 5 | — |
| MIA→EGE Miami to Eagle | 2024-01-13 – 2024-02-10 | 5 | — |
| BGR→PHL Bangor to Philadelphia | 2023-08-15 – 2023-11-04 | 80 | — |
| ORD→SJU Chicago to San Juan | 2023-07-01 – 2023-08-14 | 45 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA509 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 400 records of AA509 operating DFW → SMF, 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.