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Route Reliability

New York → Dallas–Fort Worth

LGA–DFW · 1,389 miles · LaGuardia Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
4.7%
Cancelled
6,852
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Spirit Airlines71%271 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines71%4,286 flights
  3. 3.Delta Air Lines71%2,006 flights
  4. 4.Frontier Airlines68%289 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

LGA–DFW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 60% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LGA–DFW flights arrived on time 75% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 64%.

Spirit Airlines has a slight edge here.

Spirit Airlines arrived on time 71% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 68%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.7% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

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
  • Mon72%(967 flights)
  • Tue75%(1012 flights)
  • Wed70%(1010 flights)
  • Thu69%(1003 flights)
  • Fri73%(1010 flights)
  • Sat74%(570 flights)
  • Sun64%(906 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM74%(19 flights)
  • 6–9 AM85%(1448 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM75%(933 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(1165 flights)
  • 3–6 PM60%(1480 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(1065 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM64%(368 flights)
On-time trend by month
69%
May

Jun 62% → May 69% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202562%577
July 202568%579
August 202577%571
September 202577%571
October 202564%599
November 202564%558
December 202563%515
January 202679%475
February 202678%443
March 202674%524
April 202678%543
May 202669%523

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 6,852 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.