Historical on-time performance
Fort Lauderdale to Dallas
1,108 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on FLL–DAL arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.6%of scheduled flights
based on 641 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time74%Medianon timep9040 minCancel1.6%Flights641
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline26%
- Weather2%
- Air traffic (NAS)17%
- Late aircraft55%
- 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 FLL → DAL
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
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 · 945 flights
- Middays69% on time · p90 50 min · 297 flights
- Afternoons64% on time · p90 70 min · 229 flights
- Overnights61% on time · p90 115 min · 67 flights · limited
- Evenings53% on time · p90 90 min · 793 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 64% to 76% on time.
- Thursdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 312 flights
- Tuesdays74% on time · p90 35 min · 282 flights
- Fridays73% on time · p90 40 min · 313 flights
- Wednesdays73% on time · p90 55 min · 278 flights
- Mondays72% on time · p90 40 min · 313 flights
- Saturdays71% on time · p90 60 min · 435 flights
- Sundays64% on time · p90 75 min · 398 flights
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