Flight profile · American Airlines
AA981
Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to Grand Rapids (GRR) · scheduled 12:19 PM – 3:45 PM
How AA981 performs
327 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 327 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA981 | 67.3% | 2.45% | -5 min | 15.1% | 327 |
| American Airlines on DFW → GRR | 65.9% | 2.17% | 0 min | 14.3% | 2,951 |
| All DFW → GRR flights | 67.1% | 2.21% | 0 min | 13.5% | 3,206 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA981 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLT→PBI Charlotte to West Palm Beach | 2024-02-15 – 2026-05-20 | 137 | 72.6% |
| CLT→MIA Charlotte to Miami | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-06 | 14 | — |
| ORD→MCO Chicago to Orlando | 2026-02-17 – 2026-03-04 | 6 | — |
| DFW→MCO Dallas–Fort Worth to Orlando | 2026-01-06 – 2026-02-10 | 36 | — |
| JAX→DFW Jacksonville to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 19 | — |
| DFW→ORD Dallas–Fort Worth to Chicago | 2025-12-03 – 2025-12-17 | 15 | — |
| PHL→PHX Philadelphia to Phoenix | 2025-11-20 – 2025-12-02 | 13 | — |
| CLT→IAD Charlotte to Washington | 2025-11-02 – 2025-11-16 | 7 | — |
| GRR→DFW Grand Rapids to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-07-01 – 2025-09-02 | 285 | 61.2% |
| RNO→PHX Reno to Phoenix | 2025-05-05 – 2025-06-04 | 30 | — |
| DEN→CLT Denver to Charlotte | 2024-11-06 – 2025-03-29 | 122 | 86.0% |
| CLT→DEN Charlotte to Denver | 2024-11-06 – 2025-03-29 | 106 | 71.7% |
| LGA→DCA New York to Washington | 2024-09-08 – 2024-10-06 | 5 | — |
| STL→DFW St. Louis to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2024-05-06 – 2024-06-04 | 30 | — |
| PHX→LAX Phoenix to Los Angeles | 2024-01-08 – 2024-02-14 | 38 | — |
| CLT→MYR Charlotte to Myrtle Beach | 2023-12-20 – 2024-01-07 | 18 | — |
| MYR→CLT Myrtle Beach to Charlotte | 2023-12-22 – 2023-12-22 | 1 | — |
| DFW→LAX Dallas–Fort Worth to Los Angeles | 2023-12-05 – 2023-12-19 | 15 | — |
| LAX→DFW Los Angeles to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-12-05 – 2023-12-19 | 13 | — |
| STT→DFW Charlotte Amalie to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-11-11 – 2023-12-02 | 4 | — |
| LAX→PHL Los Angeles to Philadelphia | 2023-08-15 – 2023-11-04 | 82 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA981 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
When it goes wrong
The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.
98 min late
against a median of 5 min early
AA981 is a flight whose average understates its risk: a typical day arrives 5 min early, but the worst tenth of days are 103 minutes worse than that. If the day has something unmissable in it, the median is the wrong number to plan against.
Percentiles over 327 operations. Cancelled and diverted flights have no arrival time and are counted separately rather than as very late arrivals.
Why AA981 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
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AA981 on DFW → GRR. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 327 records of AA981 operating DFW → GRR, 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.
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