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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → Dallas

PHL–DAL · 1,295 miles · Philadelphia International Airport to Dallas Love Field

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
63%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
323
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 323 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

PHL–DAL flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 81% of the time, versus 48% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesdays have been rough.

PHL–DAL flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Tuesdays and just 49% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

PHL–DAL flights arrived on time 53% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 62% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon60%(47 flights)
  • Tue77%(43 flights)
  • Wed49%(43 flights)
  • Thu57%(47 flights)
  • Fri71%(48 flights)
  • Sat67%(39 flights)
  • Sun60%(48 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(1 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(79 flights)
  • 3–6 PM59%(189 flights)
  • 6–9 PM48%(46 flights)
On-time trend by month
37%
May

Jun 52% → May 37% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202552%29
July 202559%29
August 202578%27
September 202596%24
October 202577%31
November 202559%29
December 202552%31
February 202677%17
March 202666%29
April 202657%30
May 202637%30

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 323 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.