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Route Reliability

MLI → Dallas–Fort Worth

MLI–DFW · 691 miles · MLI Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
952
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 952 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MLI–DFW flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 74% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MLI–DFW flights arrived on time 93% of the time on Tuesdays and just 77% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

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
  • Mon79%(135 flights)
  • Tue93%(127 flights)
  • Wed83%(132 flights)
  • Thu84%(133 flights)
  • Fri85%(136 flights)
  • Sat81%(124 flights)
  • Sun77%(137 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM83%(75 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(279 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(178 flights)
  • 12–3 PM88%(43 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(349 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 80% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%60
July 202580%60
August 202577%87
September 202589%89
October 202593%90
November 202581%82
December 202575%92
January 202684%74
February 202685%60
March 202681%59
April 202679%84
May 202687%87

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Based on 952 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.