Flight profile · American Airlines
AA790
Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to Colorado Springs (COS) · scheduled 10:52 PM – 11:52 PM
How AA790 performs
579 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30.
AA790 arrived on time 66.7% of the time, against 74.2% for all DFW → COS flights — this specific departure is 7.5 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 5.5 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 579 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA790 | 66.7% | 3.63% | 3 min | 10.8% | 579 |
| American Airlines on DFW → COS | 72.2% | 2.76% | -2 min | 9.8% | 3,266 |
| All DFW → COS flights | 74.2% | 2.26% | -3 min | 9.6% | 5,809 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA790 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→AVL Dallas–Fort Worth to Asheville | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-07 | 24 | — |
| PHL→ORD Philadelphia to Chicago | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 18 | — |
| CLT→MIA Charlotte to Miami | 2025-11-20 – 2025-12-02 | 13 | — |
| PIT→ORD Pittsburgh to Chicago | 2025-11-02 – 2025-11-19 | 16 | — |
| CLT→JFK Charlotte to New York | 2023-07-01 – 2024-11-04 | 340 | 59.2% |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA790 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why AA790 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AA790 on DFW → COS. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on DFW → COS
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO6267 | SkyWest Airlines | 64.1% | 2 min late | 601 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 579 records of AA790 operating DFW → COS, 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.