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Route Reliability

Dallas–Fort Worth → Cleveland

DFWCLE · 1,021 miles · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
67%
Arrive within 15 minutes
18 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
1,669
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines86%155 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines65%1,514 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DFW–CLE flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 80% of the time, versus 59% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DFW–CLE flights arrived on time 74% of the time on Fridays. On Sundays: 60%.

Frontier Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 86% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 65%.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon69%(253 flights)
  • Tue73%(208 flights)
  • Wed70%(207 flights)
  • Thu62%(249 flights)
  • Fri74%(258 flights)
  • Sat64%(204 flights)
  • Sun60%(247 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM80%(335 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(230 flights)
  • 12–3 PM60%(294 flights)
  • 3–6 PM62%(263 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(472 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM59%(32 flights)
On-time trend by month
71%
May

Jun 61% → May 71% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202561%162
July 202570%163
August 202567%143
September 202578%142
October 202578%134
November 202562%125
December 202566%144
January 202662%94
February 202668%104
March 202654%140
April 202668%133
May 202671%142

Based on 1,669 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.