Historical on-time performance
Dallas-Fort Worth to Buffalo
1,212 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DFW–BUF arrive on time 55% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate55%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay100 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.6%of scheduled flights
based on 507 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- American AirlinesOn-time55%Median5 minp90100 minCancel2.6%Flights507
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline24%
- Weather4%
- Air traffic (NAS)9%
- Late aircraft63%
- 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 → BUF
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 — 75% on time.
- Middays75% on time · p90 50 min · 486 flights
- Evenings54% on time · p90 100 min · 1,024 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 55% to 69% on time.
- Tuesdays69% on time · p90 60 min · 222 flights
- Wednesdays68% on time · p90 75 min · 221 flights
- Fridays60% on time · p90 80 min · 224 flights
- Thursdays59% on time · p90 100 min · 222 flights
- Mondays58% on time · p90 120 min · 226 flights
- Saturdays56% on time · p90 90 min · 216 flights
- Sundays55% on time · p90 100 min · 222 flights
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