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Route Reliability

Hartford → Dallas–Fort Worth

BDL–DFW · 1,471 miles · Bradley International Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

65
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
3.3%
Cancelled
728
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 74% of the time across 728 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

BDL–DFW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 55% between 6–9 PM.

Saturdays have been rough.

BDL–DFW flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Tuesdays and just 67% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(103 flights)
  • Tue83%(81 flights)
  • Wed71%(92 flights)
  • Thu74%(116 flights)
  • Fri77%(108 flights)
  • Sat67%(84 flights)
  • Sun71%(116 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM90%(49 flights)
  • 6–9 AM84%(300 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(131 flights)
  • 3–6 PM82%(17 flights)
  • 6–9 PM55%(203 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 64% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%80
July 202559%78
August 202578%68
September 202587%67
October 202579%76
November 202581%41
December 202557%47
January 202677%43
February 202687%37
March 202683%52
April 202670%54
May 202674%57

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Based on 728 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.