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Route Reliability

Dallas → Fort Myers

DALRSW · 1,005 miles · Dallas Love Field to Southwest Florida International Airport

65
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
3.2%
Cancelled
125
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 71% of the time across 125 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DAL–RSW flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 54% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DAL–RSW flights arrived on time 94% of the time on Tuesdays and just 59% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.2% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(15 flights)
  • Tue94%(16 flights)
  • Wed71%(14 flights)
  • Thu62%(13 flights)
  • Fri75%(16 flights)
  • Sat63%(30 flights)
  • Sun59%(17 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM(9 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM93%(29 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(48 flights)
  • 3–6 PM54%(35 flights)
On-time trend by month
50%
Mar

Dec 70% → Mar 50% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
December 202570%10
January 202686%28
February 202682%27
March 202650%34

Based on 125 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.