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Route Reliability

Dallas–Fort Worth → Birmingham

DFW–BHM · 597 miles · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport

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Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
2.9%
Cancelled
2,202
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 75% of the time across 2,202 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DFW–BHM flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 65% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DFW–BHM flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 71%.

Slipping a little lately.

DFW–BHM flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(310 flights)
  • Tue81%(303 flights)
  • Wed77%(298 flights)
  • Thu74%(316 flights)
  • Fri75%(308 flights)
  • Sat75%(287 flights)
  • Sun71%(312 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(389 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(243 flights)
  • 12–3 PM67%(398 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(456 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(311 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM77%(337 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 61% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202561%196
July 202563%202
August 202570%193
September 202587%182
October 202582%197
November 202581%180
December 202569%183
January 202683%146
February 202684%131
March 202676%135
April 202674%187
May 202673%202

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 2,202 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.