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Route Reliability

Salt Lake City → Dallas–Fort Worth

SLC–DFW · 989 miles · Salt Lake City International Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

73
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
3,862
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 Lines81%1,458 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines79%170 flights
  3. 3.American Airlines77%2,234 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SLC–DFW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 66% between 3–6 PM.

Tuesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 82% on time on Tuesdays against 75% on Sundays.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 77%.

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
  • Mon80%(546 flights)
  • Tue82%(510 flights)
  • Wed81%(519 flights)
  • Thu77%(542 flights)
  • Fri79%(555 flights)
  • Sat78%(516 flights)
  • Sun75%(547 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(356 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(837 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(806 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(887 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(654 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(181 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM79%(14 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 71% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%310
July 202571%316
August 202568%306
September 202582%302
October 202581%318
November 202581%298
December 202582%328
January 202680%294
February 202687%289
March 202685%350
April 202679%316
May 202679%308

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 3,862 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.