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Route Reliability

Boston → Dallas–Fort Worth

BOSDFW · 1,562 miles · Boston Logan International Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

70
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
2.9%
Cancelled
3,781
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.American Airlines79%2,626 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways77%261 flights
  3. 3.Delta Air Lines71%860 flights

Not enough history to rank: Spirit Airlines (26 flights), Frontier Airlines (8 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

BOS–DFW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 63% between 6–9 PM.

Tuesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 80% on time on Tuesdays against 73% on Saturdays.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 79% of the time on this route; Delta Air Lines managed 71%.

Ticking up lately.

BOS–DFW flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% in the three months before that.

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
  • Mon76%(542 flights)
  • Tue80%(511 flights)
  • Wed79%(520 flights)
  • Thu75%(541 flights)
  • Fri80%(553 flights)
  • Sat73%(433 flights)
  • Sun75%(539 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(227 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(1215 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(470 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(742 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(461 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(523 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 76% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%360
July 202572%355
August 202578%331
September 202571%303
October 202576%348
November 202579%284
December 202572%286
January 202678%253
February 202682%243
March 202684%267
April 202682%296
May 202677%313

Based on 3,781 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.