Historical on-time performance
Dallas-Fort Worth to Bakersfield
1,271 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DFW–BFL arrive on time 48% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate48%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay165 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.0%of scheduled flights
based on 306 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- American AirlinesOn-time48%Median15 minp90165 minCancel2.0%Flights306
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline30%
- Weather9%
- Air traffic (NAS)4%
- Late aircraft57%
- 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 DFW → BFL
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 — 77% on time.
- Middays77% on time · p90 50 min · 426 flights
- Overnights54% on time · p90 100 min · 385 flights
- Evenings54% on time · p90 115 min · 619 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 56% to 68% on time.
- Saturdays68% on time · p90 60 min · 197 flights · limited
- Mondays62% on time · p90 95 min · 216 flights
- Sundays61% on time · p90 100 min · 216 flights
- Wednesdays61% on time · p90 105 min · 203 flights
- Fridays60% on time · p90 100 min · 214 flights
- Tuesdays60% on time · p90 60 min · 198 flights · limited
- Thursdays56% on time · p90 130 min · 212 flights
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