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Route Reliability

Washington → Dallas

DCA–DAL · 1,184 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Dallas Love Field

74
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
1.8%
Cancelled
1,735
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 75% of the time across 1,735 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DCA–DAL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 62% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DCA–DAL flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 67%.

Recent months have been rougher.

DCA–DAL flights arrived on time 72% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(255 flights)
  • Tue81%(257 flights)
  • Wed76%(256 flights)
  • Thu74%(253 flights)
  • Fri71%(252 flights)
  • Sat81%(171 flights)
  • Sun67%(252 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(357 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(350 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(343 flights)
  • 3–6 PM62%(284 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(296 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM73%(66 flights)
On-time trend by month
65%
May

Jun 71% → May 65% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%145
July 202571%142
August 202573%143
September 202577%140
October 202575%144
November 202577%136
December 202580%148
January 202683%139
February 202676%129
March 202675%148
April 202676%141
May 202665%141

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Based on 1,735 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.