OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Miami to Dallas

1,109 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate71%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.8%of scheduled flights

based on 367 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
    p9050 min
    Cancel0.8%
    Flights367

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline20%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)21%
  • Late aircraft57%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline33%
  • Weather67%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 3 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 MIA → 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 — 89% on time.

  • Mornings89% on time · p90 10 min · 341 flights
  • Middays70% on time · p90 50 min · 481 flights
  • Afternoons63% on time · p90 65 min · 356 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 59% to 84% on time.

  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 45 min · 152 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 30 min · 153 flights · limited
  • Mondays78% on time · p90 30 min · 156 flights · limited
  • Fridays72% on time · p90 50 min · 158 flights · limited
  • Thursdays70% on time · p90 55 min · 158 flights · limited
  • Sundays67% on time · p90 90 min · 242 flights
  • Saturdays59% on time · p90 75 min · 274 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.