OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Reno to Dallas-Fort Worth

1,345 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on RNO–DFW arrive on time 78% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.8%of scheduled flights

based on 1,269 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlines
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel2.8%
    Flights1,269

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline32%
  • Weather8%
  • Air traffic (NAS)9%
  • Late aircraft50%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline6%
  • Weather94%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 35 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 RNO → 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 65% to 87% on time.

  • Overnights87% on time · p90 15 min · 502 flights
  • Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 1,159 flights
  • Middays78% on time · p90 40 min · 1,080 flights
  • Afternoons65% on time · p90 55 min · 1,064 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 80% on time.

  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 561 flights
  • Tuesdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 513 flights
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 35 min · 548 flights
  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 517 flights
  • Sundays78% on time · p90 45 min · 568 flights
  • Fridays77% on time · p90 45 min · 567 flights
  • Saturdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 532 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.