Route Reliability
Dallas–Fort Worth → SBA
DFW–SBA · 1,316 miles · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to SBA Airport
81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 81%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 4 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.6%
- Cancelled
- 364
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 81% of the time across 364 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Saturdays have been rough.
DFW–SBA flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Fridays and just 71% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.
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
- Mon79%(52 flights)
- Tue88%(51 flights)
- Wed77%(51 flights)
- Thu78%(50 flights)
- Fri92%(52 flights)
- Sat71%(49 flights)
- Sun82%(51 flights)
81%
May
Jun 66% → May 81% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 66% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 70% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 80% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 86% | 29 |
| October 2025 | 90% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 79% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 70% | 30 |
| January 2026 | 93% | 29 |
| February 2026 | 86% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 94% | 31 |
| April 2026 | 79% | 29 |
| May 2026 | 81% | 31 |
Keep nerding
Based on 364 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.