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Route Reliability

Dallas–Fort Worth → New York

DFWJFK · 1,391 miles · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport

74
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
2.7%
Cancelled
2,036
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines88%199 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines87%464 flights
  3. 3.American Airlines74%1,373 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DFW–JFK flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 59% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DFW–JFK flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Fridays. On Sundays: 74%.

Frontier Airlines runs this route best.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 88% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 74%.

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
  • Mon76%(278 flights)
  • Tue83%(288 flights)
  • Wed75%(288 flights)
  • Thu80%(280 flights)
  • Fri85%(281 flights)
  • Sat76%(270 flights)
  • Sun74%(290 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM100%(15 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(965 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM74%(367 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(354 flights)
  • 3–6 PM59%(273 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 70% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%205
July 202572%202
August 202577%213
September 202583%180
October 202584%176
November 202585%175
December 202578%168
January 202674%116
February 202685%99
March 202678%120
April 202683%143
May 202679%178

Based on 2,036 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.