OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Pittsburgh to Dallas-Fort Worth

1,068 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on PIT–DFW arrive on time 77% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate77%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.9%of scheduled flights

based on 1,495 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel1.9%
    Flights1,495

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline41%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)18%
  • Late aircraft38%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline21%
  • Weather79%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 29 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 PIT → DFW

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 66% to 85% on time.

  • Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 1,475 flights
  • Middays83% on time · p90 30 min · 1,060 flights
  • Afternoons67% on time · p90 65 min · 1,080 flights
  • Evenings66% on time · p90 90 min · 922 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 78% on time.

  • Fridays78% on time · p90 45 min · 666 flights
  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 55 min · 619 flights
  • Saturdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 624 flights
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 667 flights
  • Tuesdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 627 flights
  • Mondays76% on time · p90 50 min · 666 flights
  • Sundays73% on time · p90 65 min · 684 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.