Historical on-time performance
Milwaukee to Dallas
850 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MKE–DAL arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.3%of scheduled flights
based on 352 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 timep9045 minCancel0.3%Flights352
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline23%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)23%
- Late aircraft54%
- 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 MKE → DAL
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 59% to 87% on time.
- Mornings87% on time · p90 15 min · 92 flights · limited
- Middays82% on time · p90 25 min · 668 flights
- Afternoons77% on time · p90 45 min · 321 flights
- Evenings59% on time · p90 50 min · 104 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 88% on time.
- Tuesdays88% on time · p90 10 min · 160 flights · limited
- Saturdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 178 flights · limited
- Mondays79% on time · p90 35 min · 160 flights · limited
- Sundays77% on time · p90 35 min · 216 flights
- Fridays77% on time · p90 35 min · 158 flights · limited
- Wednesdays75% on time · p90 35 min · 158 flights · limited
- Thursdays74% on time · p90 30 min · 155 flights · limited
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