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Route Reliability

Milwaukee → Dallas–Fort Worth

MKE–DFW · 853 miles · Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
19 min
Average arrival delay
3.5%
Cancelled
1,083
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 75% of the time across 1,083 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MKE–DFW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 81% of the time, versus 34% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MKE–DFW flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 69%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.5% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Ticking up lately.

MKE–DFW flights arrived on time 81% 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

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon70%(148 flights)
  • Tue82%(147 flights)
  • Wed75%(154 flights)
  • Thu79%(151 flights)
  • Fri77%(152 flights)
  • Sat73%(139 flights)
  • Sun69%(149 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM81%(354 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM74%(262 flights)
  • 12–3 PM67%(90 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(273 flights)
  • 6–9 PM34%(61 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 64% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%87
July 202565%85
August 202564%88
September 202585%87
October 202581%90
November 202569%85
December 202572%92
January 202666%83
February 202688%85
March 202678%88
April 202688%85
May 202678%85

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,083 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.