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Route Reliability

Dallas–Fort Worth → San Francisco

DFWSFO · 1,464 miles · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to San Francisco International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
65%
Arrive within 15 minutes
20 min
Average arrival delay
2.2%
Cancelled
4,063
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines76%819 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines65%174 flights
  3. 3.American Airlines62%3,070 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DFW–SFO flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 51% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DFW–SFO flights arrived on time 72% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 58%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 76% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 62%.

Recent months have been rougher.

DFW–SFO flights arrived on time 60% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% 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
  • Mon64%(586 flights)
  • Tue72%(525 flights)
  • Wed69%(538 flights)
  • Thu62%(603 flights)
  • Fri67%(593 flights)
  • Sat66%(513 flights)
  • Sun58%(609 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM77%(17 flights)
  • 6–9 AM85%(869 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM66%(567 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(427 flights)
  • 3–6 PM56%(723 flights)
  • 6–9 PM57%(882 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM51%(482 flights)
On-time trend by month
49%
May

Jun 60% → May 49% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202560%353
July 202557%361
August 202558%328
September 202576%297
October 202571%346
November 202572%321
December 202568%336
January 202671%279
February 202675%289
March 202680%334
April 202650%335
May 202649%388

Based on 4,063 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.