Informational Guide to Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU) - NON OFFICIAL

AA979 American Airlines - Flight Status

Below, you can find details about American Airlines flight AA979, which currently operates between the airports of Dallas - Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (Airport Code DFW) and Raleigh/Durham - Raleigh-Durham International Airport (Airport Code RDU).
This flight data pertains specifically to the flight's details for Saturday, November 01, 2025.

AA979 On Time performance:
70
We have calculated the percentage of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled time, or earlier, based on real flight data from the last 3 months. More about punctuality and delays

Flight Status

AA979 American Airlines from Dallas

Scheduled - On-time
Flight Status for Saturday November 01, 2025
This flight was also scheduled for Yesterday (October 30, 2025). See it here

Airline information

American Airlines
American Airlines
Equipment: Boeing 737-800 (winglets) Passenger/BBJ2

Departure

Dallas (DFW)
November 01, 2025
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
Estimated Departure Time:
05:05 pm
Terminal:
C
Gate:
C14
Scheduled Departure Time: 05:05 pm

Arrival

Raleigh/Durham (RDU)
November 01, 2025
Raleigh-Durham International Airport
Estimated Arrival Time:
08:46 pm
Terminal:
2
Gate:
C11
Scheduled Arrival Time: 08:46 pm
Baggage: 5
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Codeshare Flights

This flight is shared with other airlines, this means that these other flights are the same:

- AS4312 - Alaska Airlines

- QF4130 - Qantas

- QR2797 - Qatar Airways

Additional Information

Which is the frequency of flight AA979?
The flight AA979 is scheduled to flight on daily basis.

Which is the distance of flight AA979?
The distance between the two airports is 1059 miles.

Which is the flight time of flight AA979?
The scheduled flight time gate to gate is: 02:41 hours.
The real flight time gate to gate on average is: 02:40 hours.

Are the departure airport and arrival airport at the same Time Zone?
No, each airport is in a different timezone. The times shown above, are presented in the local time of each respective airport.
Current Time in Dallas: 2025-10-31 15:44:01
Current Time in Raleigh/Durham: 2025-10-31 16:44:01

Alternative Flights

The following airlines serves the same route between Dallas and Raleigh/Durham:

American Airlines
- Flight Number: AA1605. (On Time performance: 62 - Average Delay: 31 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA1888. (On Time performance: 55 - Average Delay: 32 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA1998. (On Time performance: 76 - Average Delay: 12 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA2091. (On Time performance: 83 - Average Delay: 34 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA2683. (On Time performance: 87 - Average Delay: 8 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA2693. (On Time performance: 75 - Average Delay: 19 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA542. (On Time performance: 61 - Average Delay: 35 minutes)

Frontier Airlines
- Flight Number: F93330. (On Time performance: 88 - Average Delay: 14 minutes)

Spirit Airlines
- Flight Number: NK311. (On Time performance: 75 - Average Delay: 24 minutes)

Punctuality and delays

We have gathered data from recent months and present below an analysis of how timely the flights have been.

In terms of On-Time Performance, by analyzing the flight data from the last three months, spanning from July 29, 2025 to October 28, 2025, we have obtained these figures.
Total number of flights: 92
On Time: 64 ( 70 % )
Moderate Delay: 8 ( 9 % )
Significant Delay: 6 ( 7 % )
Major Delay: 14 ( 15 % )
Canceled: 0 ( 0 % )
Diverted: 0 ( 0 % )

Average Delay: 33 minutes.
Delays analyzed by Weekday: We have gathered available data from last six months, spanning from April 29, 2025 to October 28, 2025. Next, you can observe the results broken down by day of the week: number of flights analyzed, on-time performance per day, and average delay per day.

Delays analyzed by Month: We have gathered available data from last twelve closed months, spanning from March 30, 2025 to September 30, 2025. Next, you can observe the results broken down by month: number of flights analyzed, on-time performance per month, and average delay per month.

Note: We have excluded some months from the graph, since the quantity and quality of the data is not representative enough.

Last Past Flights AA979

Date
Departure
Arrival
Duration
Aircraft
Status
Thursday
30 October
06:05 pm
Dallas (DFW)
09:30 pm
Raleigh/Durham (RDU)
02h 25min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - Delayed
Wednesday
29 October
06:17 pm
Dallas (DFW)
09:49 pm
Raleigh/Durham (RDU)
02h 32min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - Delayed
Tuesday
28 October
05:02 pm
Dallas (DFW)
08:33 pm
Raleigh/Durham (RDU)
02h 31min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Monday
27 October
10:05 pm
Dallas (DFW)
12:47 am
Raleigh/Durham (RDU)
01h 42min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - Delayed
Sunday
26 October
05:37 pm
Dallas (DFW)
09:09 pm
Raleigh/Durham (RDU)
02h 32min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - Delayed
Saturday
25 October
05:35 pm
Dallas (DFW)
09:26 pm
Raleigh/Durham (RDU)
02h 51min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - Delayed
Friday
24 October
05:49 pm
Dallas (DFW)
09:21 pm
Raleigh/Durham (RDU)
02h 32min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - Delayed
Thursday
23 October
05:02 pm
Dallas (DFW)
08:29 pm
Raleigh/Durham (RDU)
02h 27min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Wednesday
22 October
05:20 pm
Dallas (DFW)
08:44 pm
Raleigh/Durham (RDU)
02h 24min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Tuesday
21 October
05:03 pm
Dallas (DFW)
08:35 pm
Raleigh/Durham (RDU)
02h 32min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time