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Route Reliability

Dallas → Birmingham

DAL–BHM · 587 miles · Dallas Love Field to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
971
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 74% of the time across 971 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DAL–BHM flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 53% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

DAL–BHM flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Tuesdays. On Thursdays: 67%.

Recent months have been rougher.

DAL–BHM flights arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(150 flights)
  • Tue81%(134 flights)
  • Wed78%(137 flights)
  • Thu67%(150 flights)
  • Fri73%(150 flights)
  • Sat74%(95 flights)
  • Sun67%(139 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(166 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(134 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(157 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(217 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(188 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM53%(93 flights)
On-time trend by month
68%
May

Jun 68% → May 68% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%81
July 202575%81
August 202570%76
September 202586%73
October 202570%82
November 202573%85
December 202580%91
January 202689%65
February 202674%65
March 202667%86
April 202669%85
May 202668%85

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Based on 971 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.