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Route Reliability

Dallas → Philadelphia

DAL–PHL · 1,295 miles · Dallas Love Field to Philadelphia International Airport

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
323
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 70% of the time across 323 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DAL–PHL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 39% between 3–6 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

DAL–PHL flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays and just 63% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

DAL–PHL flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 68% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon63%(49 flights)
  • Tue82%(44 flights)
  • Wed77%(43 flights)
  • Thu63%(49 flights)
  • Fri65%(49 flights)
  • Sat73%(37 flights)
  • Sun69%(49 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(76 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(52 flights)
  • 12–3 PM66%(161 flights)
  • 3–6 PM39%(31 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 59% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202559%29
July 202545%31
August 202570%27
September 202569%26
October 202568%31
November 202566%29
December 202587%31
February 202650%18
March 202666%29
April 202690%29
May 202690%31

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 323 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.