OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Birmingham to Dallas-Fort Worth

597 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BHM–DFW arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.2%of scheduled flights

based on 2,083 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time84%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel2.0%
    Flights151
  • Envoy Airbest
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel1.7%
    Flights723
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel4.2%
    Flights1,165
  • American Airlines
    On-time66%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel4.5%
    Flights44

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline25%
  • Weather18%
  • Air traffic (NAS)9%
  • Late aircraft48%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline15%
  • Weather74%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 66 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly BHM → DFW

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 82% on time.

  • Mornings82% on time · p90 30 min · 2,960 flights
  • Middays78% on time · p90 50 min · 1,387 flights
  • Afternoons68% on time · p90 75 min · 599 flights
  • Evenings64% on time · p90 80 min · 1,638 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 78% on time.

  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 913 flights
  • Tuesdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 906 flights
  • Saturdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 886 flights
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 55 min · 969 flights
  • Thursdays74% on time · p90 45 min · 971 flights
  • Mondays73% on time · p90 60 min · 962 flights
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 75 min · 977 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.