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Route Reliability

Portland → Dallas

PDXDAL · 1,626 miles · Portland International Airport to Dallas Love Field

67
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
63%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
226
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 63% of the time across 226 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PDX–DAL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 80% of the time, versus 46% between 3–6 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

PDX–DAL flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Saturdays and just 45% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 226 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Recent months have been rougher.

PDX–DAL flights arrived on time 50% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon63%(32 flights)
  • Tue63%(32 flights)
  • Wed57%(30 flights)
  • Thu45%(29 flights)
  • Fri55%(33 flights)
  • Sat83%(35 flights)
  • Sun74%(34 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM80%(15 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM72%(65 flights)
  • 12–3 PM64%(90 flights)
  • 3–6 PM46%(55 flights)
On-time trend by month
52%
May

Jun 50% → May 52% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202550%26
July 202548%31
August 202590%30
September 202587%30
December 202582%11
March 202656%27
April 202643%30
May 202652%31

Based on 226 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.