Flight profile · American Airlines
AA972
Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to Austin (AUS) · scheduled 9:15 PM – 10:50 PM
How AA972 performs
328 operations, 2024-08-06 to 2026-06-30.
AA972 arrived on time 59.9% of the time, against 70.7% for all DFW → AUS flights — this specific departure is 10.8 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 8.6 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 328 operations between 2024-08-06 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA972 | 59.9% | 4.57% | 6 min | 15.4% | 328 |
| American Airlines on DFW → AUS | 68.5% | 2.52% | -1 min | 12.5% | 11,541 |
| All DFW → AUS flights | 70.7% | 2.57% | -2 min | 11.2% | 14,530 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-08-06 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA972 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAS→PHL Las Vegas to Philadelphia | 2026-03-08 – 2026-04-06 | 30 | — |
| LGA→DFW New York to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-07 | 24 | — |
| DCA→PWM Washington to Portland | 2026-01-06 – 2026-02-11 | 37 | — |
| BOS→CLT Boston to Charlotte | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 17 | — |
| DEN→CLT Denver to Charlotte | 2025-12-04 – 2025-12-14 | 4 | — |
| PHL→MCO Philadelphia to Orlando | 2025-11-29 – 2025-11-30 | 2 | — |
| BOS→MIA Boston to Miami | 2025-11-02 – 2025-11-19 | 16 | — |
| TPA→DFW Tampa to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-11-05 – 2025-03-29 | 164 | 83.9% |
| DFW→TPA Dallas–Fort Worth to Tampa | 2023-11-05 – 2025-03-29 | 129 | 87.4% |
| PHX→PHL Phoenix to Philadelphia | 2023-07-01 – 2024-11-04 | 272 | 91.8% |
| MCI→PHL Kansas City to Philadelphia | 2024-05-06 – 2024-06-04 | 30 | — |
| EUG→PHX Eugene to Phoenix | 2023-12-23 – 2023-12-23 | 1 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA972 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 328 records of AA972 operating DFW → AUS, 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.