OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Dallas-Fort Worth to Cleveland

1,021 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DFW–CLE arrive on time 66% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate66%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.6%of scheduled flights

based on 1,510 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlines
    On-time66%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel2.6%
    Flights1,510

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline33%
  • Weather5%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Late aircraft52%
  • 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 → CLE

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 84% on time.

  • Mornings84% on time · p90 25 min · 1,325 flights
  • Middays72% on time · p90 55 min · 1,123 flights
  • Afternoons67% on time · p90 65 min · 753 flights
  • Evenings61% on time · p90 80 min · 1,200 flights
  • Overnights58% on time · p90 85 min · 816 flights

Best day of week

Tuesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 76% on time.

  • Tuesdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 708 flights
  • Wednesdays71% on time · p90 55 min · 704 flights
  • Saturdays70% on time · p90 55 min · 708 flights
  • Thursdays69% on time · p90 60 min · 771 flights
  • Mondays69% on time · p90 65 min · 778 flights
  • Fridays68% on time · p90 65 min · 768 flights
  • Sundays66% on time · p90 65 min · 780 flights
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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.