DFW → PVGDallas-Fort Worth to Shanghai

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Direct flights from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Shanghai (PVG): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. 71% of the last 7 tracked flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. The median arrival is 4 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 8 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 11,808 km, an estimated 15 hours 38 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Dallas-Fort Worth and Shanghai. Updated 31 October 2026 at 23:16 UTC.

Today, DFW → PVG

Sat 31 Oct · local times
  1. 12:05 AA127美国航空公司 Left 12:00 PVG est. 16:32In the air · sched 16:50

Checked DFW board 18:23 · PVG board 07:16

DFW Dallas-Fort Worth smooth · +1
PVG Shanghai smooth · +0
11,808 km · ~15h 38m est.
departs 12:057x weekly
Runs mixed · 1 airline · 7x weekly · nonstop
71% on time

of the last 7 tracked DFW → PVG flights arrived within 15 minutes

Median arrival delay is +4 min. 0 of 8 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+4 minacross the last 7 arrivals
Flight time~15h 38mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures7x1 direct airline on the leg

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
American AirlinesAA71% on time

Flights AA127 varies daily

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-31AA127departed−5
10-30AA127dep −1 → arr+4
10-29AA127dep −3 → arr−3
10-28AA127dep −4 → arr−5
10-27AA127dep +0 → arr+30
10-26AA127dep +40 → arr+20
10-25AA127dep +5 → arr−11
10-24AA127dep −1 → arr+8

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 +1 min smooth 🌤 mostly cloudy · N 0 kt Full DFW delay board →
PVGShanghai +0 min smooth 🌤 clear · S 16 kt Full PVG delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at DFW: a 29% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +3 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Dallas-Fort Worth to Shanghai route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop DFW to PVG 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 PVG questions

Is DFW–PVG 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.

How long is the flight from DFW to PVG?

Great-circle distance is 11,808 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 864–1042 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does DFW–PVG fly?

American Airlines runs the route with about 7 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at DFW and arrival-side delay at PVG, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.