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Route Reliability

Dallas → Memphis

DAL–MEM · 423 miles · Dallas Love Field to Memphis International Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
459
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 459 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DAL–MEM flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 49% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DAL–MEM flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Saturdays and just 63% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

DAL–MEM flights arrived on time 71% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(54 flights)
  • Tue80%(55 flights)
  • Wed76%(53 flights)
  • Thu65%(52 flights)
  • Fri63%(54 flights)
  • Sat83%(88 flights)
  • Sun69%(96 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM100%(15 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(83 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(154 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(114 flights)
  • 6–9 PM49%(81 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(5 flights)
On-time trend by month
64%
May

Jun 49% → May 64% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202549%39
July 202559%39
August 202585%41
September 202590%38
October 202566%35
November 202586%35
December 202586%44
January 202674%31
February 202675%28
March 202671%38
April 202678%40
May 202664%44

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 459 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.