Flight profile · American Airlines
AA971
Los Angeles (LAX) to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) · scheduled 12:45 AM – 5:49 AM
How AA971 performs
614 operations, 2023-07-03 to 2026-06-30.
AA971 arrived on time 86.9% of the time, against 77.2% for all LAX → DFW flights — this specific departure is 9.7 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 9.8 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 614 operations between 2023-07-03 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA971 | 86.9% | 1.30% | -13 min | 3.2% | 614 |
| American Airlines on LAX → DFW | 77.1% | 1.73% | -5 min | 9.0% | 14,358 |
| All LAX → DFW flights | 77.2% | 1.62% | -6 min | 8.6% | 20,090 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-03 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA971 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LGA→MCO New York to Orlando | 2026-05-21 – 2026-05-21 | 1 | — |
| MCO→LGA Orlando to New York | 2026-05-21 – 2026-05-21 | 1 | — |
| ORD→MCO Chicago to Orlando | 2026-03-10 – 2026-04-03 | 8 | — |
| PHX→DTW Phoenix to Detroit | 2026-03-15 – 2026-03-22 | 2 | — |
| MCO→DFW Orlando to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2026-02-15 – 2026-03-01 | 3 | — |
| IAH→CLT Houston to Charlotte | 2026-02-11 – 2026-02-11 | 1 | — |
| IAH→PHX Houston to Phoenix | 2026-01-06 – 2026-02-10 | 35 | — |
| DFW→ORD Dallas–Fort Worth to Chicago | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 17 | — |
| PHL→ORD Philadelphia to Chicago | 2025-12-03 – 2025-12-17 | 15 | — |
| DFW→FAT Dallas–Fort Worth to Fresno | 2025-11-20 – 2025-12-01 | 8 | — |
| MIA→BOS Miami to Boston | 2025-11-02 – 2025-11-19 | 16 | — |
| CLT→STX Charlotte to Christiansted | 2025-11-08 – 2025-11-15 | 2 | — |
| STX→CLT Christiansted to Charlotte | 2025-11-08 – 2025-11-15 | 2 | — |
| DTW→CLT Detroit to Charlotte | 2024-05-23 – 2024-05-23 | 1 | — |
| ONT→PHX Ontario to Phoenix | 2024-03-17 – 2024-03-24 | 2 | — |
| DFW→CLT Dallas–Fort Worth to Charlotte | 2024-01-08 – 2024-02-14 | 32 | — |
| DFW→GSP Dallas–Fort Worth to Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg | 2023-12-05 – 2023-12-19 | 15 | — |
| GSP→DFW Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-12-05 – 2023-12-19 | 15 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA971 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 614 records of AA971 operating LAX → DFW, 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.