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Route Reliability

Tucson → Dallas–Fort Worth

TUSDFW · 813 miles · Tucson International Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

70
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
3.5%
Cancelled
2,206
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines80% on time · 2,164 flights
  • Frontier Airlines78% on time · 42 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

TUS–DFW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 69% between 3–6 PM.

Saturday is the weak spot.

TUS–DFW flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Fridays. On Saturdays: 75%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.5% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

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
  • Mon81%(296 flights)
  • Tue81%(298 flights)
  • Wed79%(293 flights)
  • Thu81%(323 flights)
  • Fri85%(295 flights)
  • Sat75%(285 flights)
  • Sun78%(326 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM(1 flights)
  • 3–6 AM92%(199 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(613 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(574 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(372 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(348 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(9 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 72% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%168
July 202574%151
August 202575%144
September 202578%170
October 202580%171
November 202579%217
December 202583%216
January 202681%169
February 202690%173
March 202684%188
April 202687%174
May 202678%175

Based on 2,206 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.