Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → San Juan
DFW → SJU
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to San Juan operates with a Boeing 757 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 73%. Over the course of its operation, it averages a delay of 18.5 minutes per flight, with a total of 302 flights recorded. The destination airport in San Juan serves over ten million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → San Juan (SJU) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 375 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.87%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Juan the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Juan: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to San Juan (SJU) heads east for about 3,482 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 46m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 61% of DFW-SJU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Juan it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 375 tracked DFW-SJU flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 1.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-SJU
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> San Juan (SJU) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 375 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-San Juan is 1.87% across 375 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
