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Route Reliability

Los Angeles → Dallas–Fort Worth

LAX–DFW · 1,235 miles · Los Angeles International Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

69
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
16 min
Average arrival delay
2.3%
Cancelled
6,263
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines84%718 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines76%564 flights
  3. 3.American Airlines74%4,564 flights
  4. 4.Frontier Airlines74%417 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LAX–DFW flights departing between 12–3 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 66% between 12–3 PM.

Skip Saturday if you can.

LAX–DFW flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Wednesdays. On Saturdays: 71%.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 84% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 74%.

Ticking up lately.

LAX–DFW flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon73%(897 flights)
  • Tue79%(860 flights)
  • Wed80%(863 flights)
  • Thu77%(882 flights)
  • Fri76%(890 flights)
  • Sat71%(822 flights)
  • Sun74%(877 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM85%(661 flights)
  • 3–6 AM77%(77 flights)
  • 6–9 AM84%(1336 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM71%(887 flights)
  • 12–3 PM66%(898 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(895 flights)
  • 6–9 PM78%(939 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM77%(398 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 74% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%545
July 202568%552
August 202574%537
September 202581%476
October 202579%553
November 202567%513
December 202576%508
January 202673%429
February 202675%439
March 202675%531
April 202683%501
May 202681%507

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 6,263 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.