Historical on-time performance
Long Beach to Dallas
1,232 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on LGB–DAL arrive on time 86% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate86%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay20 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.6%of scheduled flights
based on 684 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time86%Medianon timep9020 minCancel0.6%Flights684
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline24%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)24%
- Late aircraft51%
- 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 LGB → 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 · 885 flights
- Middays80% on time · p90 25 min · 316 flights
- Evenings76% on time · p90 45 min · 50 flights · limited
- Afternoons73% on time · p90 45 min · 602 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 79% to 85% on time.
- Saturdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 170 flights · limited
- Wednesdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 292 flights
- Tuesdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 292 flights
- Mondays83% on time · p90 30 min · 292 flights
- Thursdays81% on time · p90 30 min · 287 flights
- Fridays81% on time · p90 35 min · 289 flights
- Sundays79% on time · p90 30 min · 231 flights
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