Historical on-time performance
Dallas-Fort Worth to Ontario
1,188 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DFW–ONT arrive on time 64% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate64%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.3%of scheduled flights
based on 2,141 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- American AirlinesOn-time63%Medianon timep9070 minCancel2.3%Flights2,027
- Frontier AirlinesbestOn-time75%Medianon timep9055 minCancel2.6%Flights114
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline31%
- Weather6%
- Air traffic (NAS)11%
- 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 → ONT
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 53% to 80% on time.
- Mornings80% on time · p90 30 min · 1,295 flights
- Middays79% on time · p90 40 min · 2,277 flights
- Afternoons70% on time · p90 80 min · 347 flights
- Evenings57% on time · p90 95 min · 1,246 flights
- Overnights53% on time · p90 95 min · 1,945 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 64% to 71% on time.
- Tuesdays71% on time · p90 60 min · 945 flights
- Saturdays69% on time · p90 55 min · 988 flights
- Wednesdays69% on time · p90 65 min · 968 flights
- Fridays68% on time · p90 65 min · 1,040 flights
- Mondays67% on time · p90 70 min · 1,049 flights
- Thursdays66% on time · p90 80 min · 1,051 flights
- Sundays64% on time · p90 75 min · 1,069 flights
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