OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Dallas-Fort Worth to Madison

821 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DFW–MSN arrive on time 60% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate60%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay105 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.2%of scheduled flights

based on 1,091 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlines
    On-time60%
    Medianon time
    p90105 min
    Cancel2.2%
    Flights1,091

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline39%
  • Weather5%
  • Air traffic (NAS)6%
  • Late aircraft50%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline4%
  • Weather96%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 24 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 → MSN

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

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 52% to 77% on time.

  • Middays77% on time · p90 35 min · 111 flights · limited
  • Mornings75% on time · p90 40 min · 990 flights
  • Afternoons63% on time · p90 95 min · 1,071 flights
  • Overnights52% on time · p90 120 min · 986 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 60% to 66% on time.

  • Saturdays66% on time · p90 90 min · 457 flights
  • Fridays65% on time · p90 75 min · 469 flights
  • Wednesdays65% on time · p90 75 min · 461 flights
  • Tuesdays64% on time · p90 90 min · 458 flights
  • Thursdays63% on time · p90 100 min · 465 flights
  • Sundays61% on time · p90 95 min · 472 flights
  • Mondays60% on time · p90 105 min · 468 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.