Skip to content
WanderNerd
Check a flight

Route Reliability

SPS → Dallas–Fort Worth

SPS–DFW · 113 miles · SPS Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

74
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
4.1%
Cancelled
729
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 729 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Mornings have a slight edge.

Departures between 6–9 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, against 80% between 3–6 AM.

Saturday is the weak spot.

SPS–DFW flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Tuesdays. On Saturdays: 79%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Ticking up lately.

SPS–DFW flights arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% 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
  • Mon83%(97 flights)
  • Tue88%(100 flights)
  • Wed81%(100 flights)
  • Thu86%(99 flights)
  • Fri81%(101 flights)
  • Sat79%(100 flights)
  • Sun82%(102 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM80%(40 flights)
  • 6–9 AM85%(310 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(345 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(4 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 67% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%58
July 202566%56
August 202584%62
September 202586%57
October 202581%62
November 202591%54
December 202581%62
January 202688%51
February 202686%56
March 202692%61
April 202687%60
May 202687%60

Keep nerding

Based on 729 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.