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Route Reliability

Buffalo → Dallas–Fort Worth

BUF–DFW · 1,212 miles · Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

66
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
2.8%
Cancelled
567
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 73% of the time across 567 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

BUF–DFW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 57% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

BUF–DFW flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays and just 64% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

BUF–DFW flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% 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
  • Mon74%(78 flights)
  • Tue81%(79 flights)
  • Wed83%(72 flights)
  • Thu67%(79 flights)
  • Fri74%(78 flights)
  • Sat69%(77 flights)
  • Sun64%(84 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM82%(352 flights)
  • 3–6 PM57%(177 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(18 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 72% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%57
July 202561%59
August 202559%64
September 202579%58
October 202580%59
November 202573%56
December 202562%37
January 202669%32
February 202685%27
March 202690%29
April 202690%29
May 202678%40

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Based on 567 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.