Route Reliability
Dallas → San Francisco
DAL–SFO · 1,476 miles · Dallas Love Field to San Francisco International Airport
67
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 71%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 15 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.3%
- Cancelled
- 88
- 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 88 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
The 6–9 AM departure wins.
DAL–SFO flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 24% between 9 AM–12 PM.
Wednesdays have been rough.
DAL–SFO flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Thursdays and just 42% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon67%(12 flights)
- Tue58%(12 flights)
- Wed42%(12 flights)
- Thu92%(13 flights)
- Fri92%(13 flights)
- Sat73%(11 flights)
- Sun69%(13 flights)
- 6–9 AM83%(69 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM24%(17 flights)
61%
May
Mar 100% → May 61% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | 100% | 26 |
| April 2026 | 55% | 29 |
| May 2026 | 61% | 31 |
Same trip, other airports
Keep nerding
Based on 88 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.