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Route Reliability

Dallas–Fort Worth → Raleigh–Durham

DFWRDU · 1,061 miles · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to Raleigh–Durham International Airport

65
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
2.7%
Cancelled
2,280
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%190 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines69%2,047 flights

Not enough history to rank: Spirit Airlines (43 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DFW–RDU flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 45% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DFW–RDU flights arrived on time 74% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 66%.

Frontier Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 88% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 69%.

Slipping a little lately.

DFW–RDU flights arrived on time 71% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% 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
  • Mon69%(347 flights)
  • Tue74%(281 flights)
  • Wed71%(272 flights)
  • Thu74%(332 flights)
  • Fri74%(347 flights)
  • Sat69%(286 flights)
  • Sun66%(349 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(6 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(509 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(384 flights)
  • 12–3 PM64%(463 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(331 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(450 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM45%(71 flights)
On-time trend by month
71%
May

Jun 62% → May 71% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202562%194
July 202553%196
August 202567%181
September 202585%174
October 202576%214
November 202577%201
December 202569%209
January 202672%156
February 202682%147
March 202671%160
April 202670%186
May 202671%196

Based on 2,280 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.