Flight profile · American Airlines
AA979
Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to Raleigh–Durham (RDU) · scheduled 6:30 PM – 8:43 PM
How AA979 performs
352 operations, 2024-04-04 to 2026-06-29.
AA979 arrived on time 56.3% of the time, against 69.7% for all DFW → RDU flights — this specific departure is 13.4 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 12.4 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 352 operations between 2024-04-04 to 2026-06-29
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA979 | 56.3% | 2.56% | 7 min | 20.4% | 352 |
| American Airlines on DFW → RDU | 68.7% | 2.10% | -1 min | 11.7% | 6,014 |
| All DFW → RDU flights | 69.7% | 2.11% | -1 min | 11.4% | 6,623 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-04-04 to 2026-06-29
Other routes AA979 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 | — |
| PHX→ORD Phoenix to Chicago | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-07 | 24 | — |
| PSP→ORD Palm Springs to Chicago | 2026-01-06 – 2026-02-11 | 37 | — |
| CLT→BNA Charlotte to Nashville | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 16 | — |
| CLT→MIA Charlotte to Miami | 2025-12-04 – 2025-12-14 | 6 | — |
| PHX→IND Phoenix to Indianapolis | 2025-11-21 – 2025-11-29 | 3 | — |
| CLT→LAX Charlotte to Los Angeles | 2025-11-02 – 2025-11-19 | 18 | — |
| DCA→BOS Washington to Boston | 2024-12-21 – 2024-12-21 | 1 | — |
| BOS→DCA Boston to Washington | 2024-08-06 – 2024-09-03 | 25 | — |
| CLT→BGR Charlotte to Bangor | 2024-07-08 – 2024-07-08 | 1 | — |
| PHX→CLT Phoenix to Charlotte | 2023-07-01 – 2023-11-04 | 127 | 71.2% |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA979 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 352 records of AA979 operating DFW → RDU, 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.