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Route Reliability

Dallas → Phoenix

DAL–PHX · 879 miles · Dallas Love Field to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
2.2%
Cancelled
2,890
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 77% of the time across 2,890 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DAL–PHX flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 58% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DAL–PHX flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 71%.

Recent months have been rougher.

DAL–PHX flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(428 flights)
  • Tue85%(390 flights)
  • Wed80%(389 flights)
  • Thu71%(421 flights)
  • Fri78%(425 flights)
  • Sat78%(339 flights)
  • Sun71%(430 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM95%(608 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(519 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(557 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(456 flights)
  • 6–9 PM58%(564 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM62%(118 flights)
On-time trend by month
68%
May

Jun 64% → May 68% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%222
July 202576%224
August 202584%205
September 202576%199
October 202574%254
November 202572%249
December 202585%273
January 202682%216
February 202685%222
March 202684%263
April 202671%246
May 202668%249

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Based on 2,890 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.