OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Dallas-Fort Worth to Anchorage

3,043 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DFW–ANC arrive on time 61% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate61%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay75 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.3%of scheduled flights

based on 346 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlines
    On-time61%
    Median5 min
    p9075 min
    Cancel0.3%
    Flights346

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline40%
  • Weather13%
  • Air traffic (NAS)16%
  • Late aircraft32%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather100%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 1 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 DFW → ANC

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

Best time of day

Afternoons are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 70% on time.

  • Afternoons70% on time · p90 60 min · 884 flights
  • Evenings56% on time · p90 75 min · 289 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 64% to 69% on time.

  • Tuesdays69% on time · p90 70 min · 164 flights · limited
  • Mondays68% on time · p90 60 min · 168 flights · limited
  • Sundays67% on time · p90 55 min · 171 flights · limited
  • Saturdays66% on time · p90 55 min · 169 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays66% on time · p90 65 min · 165 flights · limited
  • Thursdays64% on time · p90 55 min · 168 flights · limited
  • Fridays64% on time · p90 90 min · 169 flights · limited

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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.