OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

St. Louis to Dallas-Fort Worth

550 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on STL–DFW arrive on time 73% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate73%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.0%of scheduled flights

based on 2,098 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Envoy Airbest
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.9%
    Flights266
  • American Airlines
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel3.2%
    Flights1,832

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline35%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)16%
  • Late aircraft46%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline16%
  • Weather79%
  • Air traffic (NAS)5%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 63 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 STL → 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 — 79% on time.

  • Mornings79% on time · p90 35 min · 3,234 flights
  • Middays74% on time · p90 55 min · 1,474 flights
  • Afternoons70% on time · p90 60 min · 915 flights
  • Evenings58% on time · p90 105 min · 1,207 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 77% on time.

  • Tuesdays77% on time · p90 60 min · 938 flights
  • Saturdays74% on time · p90 55 min · 964 flights
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 50 min · 1,003 flights
  • Wednesdays73% on time · p90 55 min · 943 flights
  • Thursdays72% on time · p90 70 min · 991 flights
  • Sundays71% on time · p90 65 min · 1,000 flights
  • Mondays70% on time · p90 75 min · 1,009 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.