AA2038American Airlines · DFW → LAX
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA2038 Dallas-Fort WorthDFW · 22:30 Los AngelesLAX · 23:51

AA2038 by American Airlines flies from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Los Angeles (LAX) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowExpected in Los Angeles · today
02:02

arrival expected at LAX · 131 min late

Typical gate push+1 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+131 minmedian over 3 operations

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+44+87+131 min
10-31
−4 gate · +131 arrival
10-30
−4 gate · +131 arrival
10-29
+6 gate · −8 arrival
10-26
+13 gate

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
DFWDallas-Fort WorthOn-time likelyDFW delay board →
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.7%Chance of cancellation
+6 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at DFW and LAX are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Dallas-Fort Worth to Los Angeles with American Airlines · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
12%1.1× usual

Forecast weather: 26% chance of fog at Dallas-Fort Worth

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 14 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Dallas-Fort Worth to Los Angeles flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA3303departs 06:00
AA1043departs 07:13
AA3329departs 07:48
AA1996departs 08:50
AA3273departs 09:30
AA3181departs 10:50

If AA2038 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas-Fort Worth to Los Angeles on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DFW local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How AA2038 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA2038 across the DFW and LAX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~54 min late. Based on 1 confirmed landing · 0/1 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA2038 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-31DFW 22:30 22:26 (−4)LAX 23:51 02:02 (+131)
10-30DFW 22:30 22:26 (−4)LAX 23:51 02:02 (+131)
10-29DFW 22:30 22:36 (+6)LAX 23:51 23:43 (−8)
10-26DFW 22:30 22:43 (+13)LAX

Aircraft

Recent tails: N827AN, N927UW, N573UW, N552UW.

Board clocks recorded as DFW and LAX published them.

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