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Route Reliability

Cleveland → Dallas–Fort Worth

CLE–DFW · 1,021 miles · Cleveland Hopkins International Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

70
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
1,670
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines81%155 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines76%1,515 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

CLE–DFW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.

Saturday is the weak spot.

CLE–DFW flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Tuesdays. On Saturdays: 68%.

Frontier Airlines has a slight edge here.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 76%.

Ticking up lately.

CLE–DFW flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% 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
  • Mon79%(255 flights)
  • Tue81%(209 flights)
  • Wed76%(205 flights)
  • Thu77%(236 flights)
  • Fri76%(262 flights)
  • Sat68%(203 flights)
  • Sun77%(243 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM86%(188 flights)
  • 6–9 AM84%(455 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(181 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(364 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(304 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(120 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 70% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%160
July 202569%163
August 202576%139
September 202583%140
October 202584%133
November 202583%126
December 202581%144
January 202669%96
February 202672%101
March 202677%139
April 202677%132
May 202679%140

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,670 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.