Historical on-time performance
Baltimore to Dallas
1,209 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on BWI–DAL arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.6%of scheduled flights
based on 1,843 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time74%Medianon timep9045 minCancel1.6%Flights1,843
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline33%
- Weather8%
- Air traffic (NAS)21%
- Late aircraft37%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly BWI → DAL
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 86% on time.
- Mornings86% on time · p90 15 min · 1,835 flights
- Middays78% on time · p90 25 min · 932 flights
- Afternoons68% on time · p90 50 min · 898 flights
- Evenings60% on time · p90 65 min · 1,160 flights
- Overnights50% on time · p90 90 min · 624 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 75% on time.
- Tuesdays75% on time · p90 40 min · 781 flights
- Wednesdays74% on time · p90 35 min · 765 flights
- Mondays73% on time · p90 45 min · 837 flights
- Sundays71% on time · p90 50 min · 776 flights
- Fridays71% on time · p90 50 min · 833 flights
- Thursdays70% on time · p90 45 min · 822 flights
- Saturdays70% on time · p90 50 min · 635 flights
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