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Route Reliability

Dallas → Milwaukee

DAL–MKE · 850 miles · Dallas Love Field to Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
409
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 409 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DAL–MKE flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 70% between 6–9 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

DAL–MKE flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Mondays and just 65% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

DAL–MKE flights arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(54 flights)
  • Tue82%(54 flights)
  • Wed77%(53 flights)
  • Thu65%(51 flights)
  • Fri75%(55 flights)
  • Sat82%(61 flights)
  • Sun79%(77 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(29 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(71 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(149 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(91 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(64 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 79% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%38
July 202577%39
August 202583%36
September 202591%35
October 202571%35
November 202588%33
December 202586%42
January 202672%29
February 202674%27
March 202658%31
April 202667%30
May 202680%30

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 409 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.