OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Dallas-Fort Worth to Cincinnati

812 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DFW–CVG arrive on time 65% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate65%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.2%of scheduled flights

based on 1,485 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • American Airlines
    On-time66%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel3.1%
    Flights1,454
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time32%
    Median30 min
    p90105 min
    Cancel6.5%
    Flights31

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline35%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Late aircraft52%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline4%
  • Weather94%
  • Air traffic (NAS)2%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 47 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 → CVG

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

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 82% on time.

  • Mornings82% on time · p90 25 min · 1,262 flights
  • Middays75% on time · p90 55 min · 1,298 flights
  • Afternoons64% on time · p90 65 min · 946 flights
  • Evenings61% on time · p90 70 min · 1,275 flights
  • Overnights53% on time · p90 90 min · 722 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 64% to 74% on time.

  • Tuesdays74% on time · p90 50 min · 736 flights
  • Wednesdays71% on time · p90 65 min · 714 flights
  • Saturdays70% on time · p90 65 min · 767 flights
  • Mondays68% on time · p90 60 min · 822 flights
  • Thursdays68% on time · p90 55 min · 812 flights
  • Fridays66% on time · p90 70 min · 820 flights
  • Sundays64% on time · p90 65 min · 832 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.