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Route Reliability

Dallas–Fort Worth → Tucson

DFWTUS · 813 miles · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to Tucson International Airport

60
A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
18 min
Average arrival delay
3.2%
Cancelled
2,206
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines69% on time · 2,164 flights
  • Frontier Airlines81% on time · 42 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DFW–TUS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 57% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Monday is the weak spot.

DFW–TUS flights arrived on time 74% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 64%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.2% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

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%(301 flights)
  • Tue74%(301 flights)
  • Wed69%(296 flights)
  • Thu72%(322 flights)
  • Fri69%(300 flights)
  • Sat69%(287 flights)
  • Sun68%(326 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM82%(403 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(267 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(566 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(220 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(307 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM57%(370 flights)
On-time trend by month
66%
May

Jun 60% → May 66% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202560%168
July 202554%152
August 202563%148
September 202573%171
October 202569%172
November 202581%220
December 202568%217
January 202667%170
February 202676%172
March 202678%189
April 202671%176
May 202666%178

Based on 2,206 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.