OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Fort Lauderdale to Dallas

1,108 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on FLL–DAL arrive on time 71% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate71%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.0%of scheduled flights

based on 598 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel2.0%
    Flights598

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline28%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)17%
  • Late aircraft51%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather75%
  • Air traffic (NAS)25%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 12 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 FLL → DAL

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 — 90% on time.

  • Mornings90% on time · p90 10 min · 921 flights
  • Afternoons64% on time · p90 60 min · 246 flights
  • Middays64% on time · p90 60 min · 225 flights
  • Evenings54% on time · p90 85 min · 718 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 63% to 79% on time.

  • Thursdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 296 flights
  • Tuesdays74% on time · p90 40 min · 251 flights
  • Fridays73% on time · p90 35 min · 298 flights
  • Wednesdays73% on time · p90 50 min · 246 flights
  • Mondays73% on time · p90 40 min · 293 flights
  • Saturdays70% on time · p90 60 min · 418 flights
  • Sundays63% on time · p90 75 min · 380 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.