OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Dallas-Fort Worth to Raleigh-durham

1,061 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate66%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.6%of scheduled flights

based on 2,022 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
    p9065 min
    Cancel2.6%
    Flights2,022

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline33%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Late aircraft53%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline8%
  • Weather92%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 53 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 → RDU

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 — 84% on time.

  • Mornings84% on time · p90 25 min · 1,405 flights
  • Middays69% on time · p90 60 min · 1,439 flights
  • Afternoons66% on time · p90 70 min · 1,464 flights
  • Evenings61% on time · p90 80 min · 1,402 flights
  • Overnights56% on time · p90 85 min · 879 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 63% to 71% on time.

  • Wednesdays71% on time · p90 70 min · 868 flights
  • Thursdays71% on time · p90 50 min · 981 flights
  • Tuesdays70% on time · p90 55 min · 856 flights
  • Fridays69% on time · p90 55 min · 1,013 flights
  • Mondays68% on time · p90 75 min · 1,009 flights
  • Saturdays67% on time · p90 70 min · 876 flights
  • Sundays63% on time · p90 75 min · 986 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.