AA1686American Airlines · DFW → SNA
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AA1686 Dallas-Fort WorthDFW · 07:00 Santa AnaSNA · 08:22

AA1686 by American Airlines flies from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Santa Ana (SNA) for the Mon, Oct 26 departure.

Right nowLanded in Santa Ana · today
08:10

arrived at SNA · 12 min early

Typical gate push+10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−22 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~32 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-26
+10 gate · −12 arrival
10-25
+18 gate · +7 arrival
10-24
−7 gate · −30 arrival
10-23
+7 gate · −22 arrival
10-22
−4 gate · −26 arrival
10-21
+12 gate

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

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −22 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DFWDallas-Fort WorthOn-time likelyDFW delay board →
SNASanta AnaOn-time likelySNA delay board →
DFW→SNAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.2%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DFW and SNA are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, 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 →

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Dallas-Fort Worth to Santa Ana flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA2114departs 08:30
AA1939departs 09:40
AA1933departs 11:16
AA2465departs 12:25
AA2659departs 14:25
AA3223departs 16:23

If AA1686 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas-Fort Worth to Santa Ana on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DFW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA1686 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA1686 across the DFW and SNA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~19 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA1686 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
10-26DFW 07:00 07:10 (+10)SNA 08:22 08:10 (−12)
10-25DFW 07:00 07:18 (+18)SNA 08:22 08:29 (+7)
10-24DFW 07:00 06:53 (−7)SNA 08:22 07:52 (−30)
10-23DFW 07:00 07:07 (+7)SNA 08:22 08:00 (−22)
10-22DFW 07:00 06:56 (−4)SNA 08:22 07:56 (−26)
10-21DFW 07:00 07:12 (+12)SNA

Aircraft

Recent tails: N336RU, N323RM, N316RK, N302US.

Board clocks recorded as DFW and SNA published them.

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