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Route Reliability

Grand Rapids → Dallas–Fort Worth

GRR–DFW · 931 miles · Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
68%
Arrive within 15 minutes
32 min
Average arrival delay
3.1%
Cancelled
1,043
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 68% of the time across 1,043 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

GRR–DFW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 73% of the time, versus 63% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

GRR–DFW flights arrived on time 75% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 61%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

GRR–DFW flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 62% 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
  • Mon67%(145 flights)
  • Tue73%(128 flights)
  • Wed70%(138 flights)
  • Thu75%(155 flights)
  • Fri72%(148 flights)
  • Sat62%(135 flights)
  • Sun61%(154 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(4 flights)
  • 6–9 AM73%(350 flights)
  • 12–3 PM66%(309 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(115 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(225 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 61% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202561%111
July 202566%116
August 202570%93
September 202575%84
October 202577%79
November 202580%69
December 202557%77
January 202658%60
February 202670%64
March 202668%80
April 202668%84
May 202673%86

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Based on 1,043 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.