DFW → CHADallas-Fort Worth to Chattanooga

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Direct flights from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Chattanooga (CHA): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 30 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 4 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 1,116 km, an estimated 1 hour 56 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Dallas-Fort Worth and Chattanooga. Updated 25 October 2026 at 01:24 UTC.

Today, DFW → CHA

Sat 24 Oct · local times
AA127135 min late

The DFW board at 20:24 shows departure at 20:26 instead of 19:51, gate C20 (TC).

Later cancelled
0.6%of 26,668 past AA flights whose board showed 20 to 40 min late
Still to leave today
No other nonstoplast DFW to CHA departure of the day
Track AA1271 →
AA2037In the air, 17 min late

Left DFW at 12:35, 17 min after its 12:18 slot.

Track AA2037 →
  1. 08:40 AA4078 Left 08:32 ·
  2. 12:18 AA2037 Left 12:35 +17 ·
  3. 16:31 AA5471 Left 17:18 +47 ·
  4. 19:51 AA1271 Est. 20:26 +35Gate C20 · TC ·

Checked DFW board 20:24

DFW Dallas-Fort Worth smooth · +2
CHA Chattanooga tracking
1,116 km · ~1h 56m est.
dep bank 08:40–19:517x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 7x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100

route health from live DFW and CHA delay boards

Median arrival delay is +30 min. 0 of 4 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+30 minacross the last 4 operated legs
Flight time~1h 56mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures7x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
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Thu
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American Airlines

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-24AA2037departed+17
10-24AA4078departed−8
10-24AA5471departed+47
10-23AA1271departed+30

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
DFWDallas-Fort Worth +2 min smooth 🌤 mostly cloudy · ESE 6 kt Full DFW delay board →
CHAChattanooga tracking Full CHA delay board →

How the Dallas-Fort Worth to Chattanooga route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop DFW to CHA flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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DFW to CHA questions

Is DFW–CHA running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

Morning or evening flight on DFW–CHA?

Operators schedule morning departures around 08:40 and evening departures around 19:51 from DFW. Earlier flights typically land before destination-airport delays accumulate later in the day; check the CHA delay card to confirm conditions when you'd arrive.

How long is the flight from DFW to CHA?

Great-circle distance is 1,116 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 109–126 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does DFW–CHA fly?

American Airlines runs the route with about 28 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.