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Route Reliability

Raleigh–Durham → Dallas

RDU–DAL · 1,052 miles · Raleigh–Durham International Airport to Dallas Love Field

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
439
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 439 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

RDU–DAL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 47% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

RDU–DAL flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Wednesdays and just 68% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

RDU–DAL flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon74%(57 flights)
  • Tue82%(55 flights)
  • Wed90%(52 flights)
  • Thu82%(55 flights)
  • Fri85%(60 flights)
  • Sat70%(64 flights)
  • Sun68%(87 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM95%(96 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(42 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(210 flights)
  • 3–6 PM47%(34 flights)
  • 6–9 PM56%(48 flights)
On-time trend by month
61%
May

Jun 68% → May 61% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%38
July 202582%38
August 202575%36
September 202583%35
October 202571%34
November 202587%46
December 202583%46
January 202685%33
February 202685%27
March 202681%31
April 202670%33
May 202661%33

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 439 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.