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Route Reliability

LEX → Dallas–Fort Worth

LEX–DFW · 785 miles · LEX Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
1,215
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 79% of the time across 1,215 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LEX–DFW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 66% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

LEX–DFW flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Fridays. On Mondays: 74%.

Recent months have been rougher.

LEX–DFW flights arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon74%(165 flights)
  • Tue82%(166 flights)
  • Wed79%(164 flights)
  • Thu80%(172 flights)
  • Fri83%(173 flights)
  • Sat75%(169 flights)
  • Sun78%(174 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(121 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(380 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(379 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(42 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(261 flights)
On-time trend by month
70%
May

Jun 79% → May 70% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%112
July 202579%120
August 202577%121
September 202590%115
October 202585%147
November 202566%84
December 202573%90
January 202688%58
February 202686%63
March 202676%84
April 202673%88
May 202670%101

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Based on 1,215 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.