Historical on-time performance
Dallas to Pittsburgh
1,060 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DAL–PIT arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.6%of scheduled flights
based on 337 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time72%Medianon timep9055 minCancel0.6%Flights337
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline44%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)12%
- Late aircraft44%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly DAL → PIT
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 73% to 78% on time.
- Middays78% on time · p90 35 min · 625 flights
- Afternoons76% on time · p90 40 min · 356 flights
- Evenings73% on time · p90 50 min · 59 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 86% on time.
- Mondays86% on time · p90 20 min · 157 flights · limited
- Saturdays81% on time · p90 20 min · 139 flights · limited
- Tuesdays80% on time · p90 30 min · 157 flights · limited
- Wednesdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 157 flights · limited
- Thursdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 156 flights · limited
- Sundays75% on time · p90 55 min · 158 flights · limited
- Fridays70% on time · p90 60 min · 157 flights · limited
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