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Route Reliability

Los Angeles → Dallas

LAX–DAL · 1,246 miles · Los Angeles International Airport to Dallas Love Field

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
1,471
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 73% of the time across 1,471 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LAX–DAL flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 58% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LAX–DAL flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 64%.

Recent months have been rougher.

LAX–DAL flights arrived on time 62% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 71% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(229 flights)
  • Tue76%(199 flights)
  • Wed77%(198 flights)
  • Thu71%(226 flights)
  • Fri74%(228 flights)
  • Sat75%(171 flights)
  • Sun64%(202 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM95%(190 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(367 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM66%(273 flights)
  • 12–3 PM58%(151 flights)
  • 3–6 PM59%(303 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(169 flights)
On-time trend by month
51%
May

Jun 82% → May 51% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%141
July 202582%144
August 202580%109
September 202582%103
October 202585%116
November 202565%122
December 202564%135
January 202677%94
February 202672%104
March 202665%129
April 202669%129
May 202651%127

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Based on 1,471 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.