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Route Reliability

New York → Dallas–Fort Worth

JFKDFW · 1,391 miles · John F. Kennedy International Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
2.6%
Cancelled
2,042
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines78%199 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines77%1,379 flights
  3. 3.Delta Air Lines72%464 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

JFK–DFW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 65% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

JFK–DFW flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays. On Thursdays: 72%.

Frontier Airlines has a slight edge here.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 78% of the time on this route; Delta Air Lines managed 72%.

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
  • Mon78%(278 flights)
  • Tue82%(290 flights)
  • Wed75%(282 flights)
  • Thu72%(288 flights)
  • Fri76%(280 flights)
  • Sat77%(270 flights)
  • Sun73%(286 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(2 flights)
  • 6–9 AM85%(465 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(77 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(686 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(495 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(249 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 67% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%205
July 202570%205
August 202578%211
September 202582%182
October 202574%177
November 202579%174
December 202570%167
January 202683%117
February 202685%100
March 202680%117
April 202682%140
May 202674%179

Based on 2,042 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.