Historical on-time performance
Salt Lake City to Dallas-Fort Worth
989 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SLC–DFW arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.4%of scheduled flights
based on 3,683 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Delta Air LinesbestOn-time78%Medianon timep9035 minCancel1.2%Flights1,458
- American AirlinesOn-time74%Medianon timep9050 minCancel3.2%Flights2,225
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline45%
- Weather2%
- Air traffic (NAS)14%
- Late aircraft39%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
When flights don't go
Why flights were cancelled
- Airline23%
- Weather77%
- Air traffic (NAS)0%
- Security0%
Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 90 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 SLC → 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 — 84% on time.
- Mornings84% on time · p90 25 min · 4,605 flights
- Middays75% on time · p90 45 min · 3,500 flights
- Overnights75% on time · p90 55 min · 419 flights
- Evenings73% on time · p90 75 min · 1,233 flights
- Afternoons62% on time · p90 75 min · 1,922 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 79% on time.
- Tuesdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 1,637 flights
- Mondays77% on time · p90 45 min · 1,673 flights
- Wednesdays77% on time · p90 50 min · 1,621 flights
- Fridays77% on time · p90 45 min · 1,677 flights
- Saturdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 1,651 flights
- Thursdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 1,697 flights
- Sundays73% on time · p90 55 min · 1,723 flights
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