OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Buffalo to Dallas-Fort Worth

1,212 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BUF–DFW arrive on time 70% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate70%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.0%of scheduled flights

based on 529 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlines
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel3.0%
    Flights529

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline28%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)19%
  • Late aircraft49%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline6%
  • Weather94%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 16 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 BUF → 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 — 80% on time.

  • Mornings80% on time · p90 30 min · 1,044 flights
  • Evenings63% on time · p90 75 min · 496 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 68% to 80% on time.

  • Tuesdays80% on time · p90 25 min · 223 flights
  • Wednesdays76% on time · p90 40 min · 222 flights
  • Thursdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 225 flights
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 50 min · 228 flights
  • Mondays73% on time · p90 70 min · 223 flights
  • Saturdays71% on time · p90 65 min · 224 flights
  • Sundays68% on time · p90 65 min · 225 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.