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Route Reliability

Raleigh–Durham → Austin

RDUAUS · 1,162 miles · Raleigh–Durham International Airport to Austin–Bergstrom International Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
1,220
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines85%708 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines81%512 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

RDU–AUS flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 56% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

RDU–AUS flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 76%.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 85% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 81%.

Slipping a little lately.

RDU–AUS flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% 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
  • Mon79%(188 flights)
  • Tue87%(171 flights)
  • Wed87%(166 flights)
  • Thu83%(180 flights)
  • Fri85%(188 flights)
  • Sat84%(149 flights)
  • Sun76%(161 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM91%(23 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(481 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(36 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(97 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(541 flights)
  • 6–9 PM56%(25 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 73% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%106
July 202567%112
August 202589%94
September 202592%89
October 202590%113
November 202582%104
December 202586%105
January 202687%86
February 202689%84
March 202687%105
April 202685%101
May 202673%104

Based on 1,220 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.