Historical on-time performance
Dallas to Sarasota
934 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DAL–SRQ arrive on time 65% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate65%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.2%of scheduled flights
based on 31 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time65%Medianon timep9050 minCancel3.2%Flights31
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline1%
- Weather11%
- Air traffic (NAS)31%
- Late aircraft56%
- 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 DAL → SRQ
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 76% on time.
- Middays76% on time · p90 45 min · 312 flights
- Afternoons59% on time · p90 65 min · 116 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 69% to 82% on time.
- Tuesdays82% on time · p90 20 min · 56 flights · limited
- Fridays75% on time · p90 45 min · 56 flights · limited
- Sundays74% on time · p90 60 min · 82 flights · limited
- Saturdays72% on time · p90 45 min · 112 flights · limited
- Thursdays70% on time · p90 45 min · 54 flights · limited
- Mondays69% on time · p90 80 min · 58 flights · limited
- Wednesdays69% on time · p90 85 min · 54 flights · limited
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