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Route Reliability

Baltimore → Dallas–Fort Worth

BWI–DFW · 1,217 miles · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
19 min
Average arrival delay
2.9%
Cancelled
1,366
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Spirit Airlines83%153 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines73%948 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines66%265 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

BWI–DFW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 56% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

BWI–DFW flights arrived on time 78% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 69%.

Spirit Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

Spirit Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 66%.

Recent months have been rougher.

BWI–DFW flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon74%(203 flights)
  • Tue78%(153 flights)
  • Wed71%(157 flights)
  • Thu75%(214 flights)
  • Fri71%(209 flights)
  • Sat70%(174 flights)
  • Sun69%(214 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM84%(388 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(66 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(254 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(249 flights)
  • 6–9 PM56%(332 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM62%(34 flights)
On-time trend by month
69%
May

Jun 64% → May 69% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%140
July 202561%141
August 202575%114
September 202578%104
October 202579%109
November 202571%105
December 202577%119
January 202686%84
February 202677%81
March 202668%96
April 202674%115
May 202669%116

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,366 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.