OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Missoula to Dallas-Fort Worth

1,320 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MSO–DFW arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.9%of scheduled flights

based on 312 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Envoy Air
    On-time89%
    Medianon time
    p9010 min
    Cancel1.3%
    Flights154
  • American Airlines
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel2.5%
    Flights158

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline54%
  • Weather5%
  • Air traffic (NAS)17%
  • Late aircraft24%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather100%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 6 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 MSO → DFW

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 — 86% on time.

  • Mornings86% on time · p90 15 min · 405 flights
  • Middays72% on time · p90 60 min · 852 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 79% on time.

  • Saturdays79% on time · p90 30 min · 190 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 182 flights · limited
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 50 min · 182 flights · limited
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 40 min · 186 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 183 flights · limited
  • Sundays76% on time · p90 60 min · 186 flights · limited
  • Fridays76% on time · p90 45 min · 187 flights · limited

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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.