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Route Reliability

Chicago → Dallas–Fort Worth

ORD–DFW · 802 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
19 min
Average arrival delay
2.9%
Cancelled
6,925
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines74%1,999 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines69%4,355 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines68%429 flights
  4. 4.Spirit Airlines66%142 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORD–DFW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 63% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ORD–DFW flights arrived on time 78% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 67%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 74% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 66%.

Slipping a little lately.

ORD–DFW flights arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(991 flights)
  • Tue78%(945 flights)
  • Wed71%(924 flights)
  • Thu74%(979 flights)
  • Fri68%(984 flights)
  • Sat67%(857 flights)
  • Sun67%(997 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM—(1 flights)
  • 3–6 AM85%(327 flights)
  • 6–9 AM78%(1412 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM73%(1359 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(987 flights)
  • 3–6 PM63%(1153 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(1159 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM64%(279 flights)
On-time trend by month
71%
May

Jun 64% → May 71% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%620
July 202564%619
August 202567%556
September 202578%522
October 202576%597
November 202575%556
December 202570%544
January 202670%459
February 202682%502
March 202668%530
April 202667%563
May 202671%609

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Based on 6,925 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.