OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

San Luis Obispo to Dallas-Fort Worth

1,360 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SBP–DFW arrive on time 62% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate62%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay85 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.3%of scheduled flights

based on 217 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlines
    On-time62%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights217

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline32%
  • Weather8%
  • Air traffic (NAS)14%
  • Late aircraft45%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

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 5 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 SBP → 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 — 82% on time.

  • Mornings82% on time · p90 55 min · 277 flights
  • Middays67% on time · p90 80 min · 1,027 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 65% to 77% on time.

  • Tuesdays77% on time · p90 70 min · 176 flights · limited
  • Fridays72% on time · p90 75 min · 192 flights · limited
  • Thursdays70% on time · p90 65 min · 188 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays70% on time · p90 45 min · 183 flights · limited
  • Mondays68% on time · p90 65 min · 189 flights · limited
  • Saturdays67% on time · p90 85 min · 187 flights · limited
  • Sundays65% on time · p90 120 min · 191 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.