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Route Reliability

Dallas–Fort Worth → Richmond

DFW–RIC · 1,158 miles · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to Richmond International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
17 min
Average arrival delay
2.6%
Cancelled
1,079
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 69% of the time across 1,079 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DFW–RIC flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 58% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DFW–RIC flights arrived on time 76% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 66%.

Recent months have been rougher.

DFW–RIC flights arrived on time 66% 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%(154 flights)
  • Tue67%(138 flights)
  • Wed69%(140 flights)
  • Thu76%(164 flights)
  • Fri72%(149 flights)
  • Sat66%(139 flights)
  • Sun66%(161 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(134 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(356 flights)
  • 12–3 PM66%(207 flights)
  • 6–9 PM58%(348 flights)
On-time trend by month
64%
May

Jun 54% → May 64% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202554%87
July 202557%84
August 202562%94
September 202577%85
October 202576%106
November 202581%96
December 202581%105
January 202662%63
February 202679%66
March 202668%87
April 202667%85
May 202664%87

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Based on 1,079 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.