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Route Reliability

Dallas–Fort Worth → Grand Rapids

DFWGRR · 931 miles · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
68%
Arrive within 15 minutes
20 min
Average arrival delay
3.1%
Cancelled
1,042
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 68% of the time across 1,042 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DFW–GRR flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 79% of the time, versus 55% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DFW–GRR flights arrived on time 75% of the time on Tuesdays and just 58% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

DFW–GRR flights arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 61% in the three months before that.

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
  • Mon66%(145 flights)
  • Tue75%(130 flights)
  • Wed74%(140 flights)
  • Thu70%(154 flights)
  • Fri70%(149 flights)
  • Sat62%(138 flights)
  • Sun58%(152 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM79%(72 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(285 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(184 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(133 flights)
  • 6–9 PM55%(293 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM63%(41 flights)
On-time trend by month
70%
May

Jun 67% → May 70% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%113
July 202568%118
August 202563%94
September 202578%86
October 202568%79
November 202577%68
December 202554%76
January 202659%59
February 202670%64
March 202661%81
April 202675%84
May 202670%86

Based on 1,042 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.