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Route Reliability

Dallas → Los Angeles

DAL–LAX · 1,246 miles · Dallas Love Field to Los Angeles International Airport

74
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
1,469
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 72% of the time across 1,469 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DAL–LAX flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 50% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DAL–LAX flights arrived on time 78% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 66%.

Slipping a little lately.

DAL–LAX flights arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon70%(227 flights)
  • Tue78%(198 flights)
  • Wed77%(200 flights)
  • Thu70%(224 flights)
  • Fri70%(230 flights)
  • Sat73%(171 flights)
  • Sun66%(200 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM94%(338 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(233 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(276 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(126 flights)
  • 6–9 PM54%(362 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM50%(115 flights)
On-time trend by month
64%
May

Jun 65% → May 64% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202565%139
July 202569%143
August 202576%110
September 202586%102
October 202572%119
November 202575%117
December 202569%135
January 202679%94
February 202673%103
March 202678%131
April 202662%128
May 202664%129

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Based on 1,469 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.