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Route Reliability

Milwaukee → Dallas

MKE–DAL · 850 miles · Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport to Dallas Love Field

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
0.2%
Cancelled
408
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 408 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MKE–DAL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 53% between 6–9 PM.

Tuesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 83% on time on Tuesdays against 77% on Thursdays.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 408 scheduled flights, only 0.2% were cancelled.

Slipping a little lately.

MKE–DAL flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(55 flights)
  • Tue83%(54 flights)
  • Wed77%(53 flights)
  • Thu77%(51 flights)
  • Fri82%(55 flights)
  • Sat83%(59 flights)
  • Sun77%(73 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(47 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(10 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(214 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(93 flights)
  • 6–9 PM53%(36 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 73% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%37
July 202573%37
August 202574%34
September 202579%34
October 202579%34
November 202586%35
December 202581%42
January 202679%29
February 202693%27
March 202681%31
April 202683%30
May 202680%30

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 408 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.