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WN40

Houston (HOU) to Dallas (DAL) · scheduled 4:00 PM – 5:10 PM

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How WN40 performs

500 operations, 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-29.

On-time arrivals
73.9%
366 of 495 completed
Cancellation rate
0.80%
4 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-3 min
Average 10.1 min
Severe delays
8.1%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
58 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
71.8%
Left the gate on time

WN40 arrived on time 73.9% of the time, against 81.5% for all HOUDAL flights — this specific departure is 7.6 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Southwest Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 7.6 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 500 operations between 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-29

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
WN4073.9%0.80%-3 min8.1%500
Southwest Airlines on HOUDAL81.5%2.08%-8 min6.0%12,341
All HOUDAL flights81.5%2.08%-8 min6.0%12,341

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-29

Other routes WN40 has flown

A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
DALSAN Dallas to San Diego2026-06-042026-06-2912
DALCOS Dallas to Colorado Springs2026-05-242026-05-241
DALDEN Dallas to Denver2025-02-152026-04-0644
BNADCA Nashville to Washington2026-03-102026-04-018
DALBNA Dallas to Nashville2026-03-102026-04-018
DALSRQ Dallas to Sarasota/Bradenton2026-01-112026-03-0214
DALMAF Dallas to Midland2024-11-032026-01-0544
DALPIT Dallas to Pittsburgh2025-08-072025-09-2924
DALOMA Dallas to Omaha2025-08-312025-08-311
OMADEN Omaha to Denver2025-08-312025-08-311
DENLAS Denver to Las Vegas2025-06-052025-08-0426
DALMIA Dallas to Miami2025-04-102025-06-0224
CRPHOU Corpus Christi to Houston2023-09-052025-03-0550
DALMCI Dallas to Kansas City2025-01-122025-03-0313
MCIMDW Kansas City to Chicago2025-01-122025-03-0313
MDWGRR Chicago to Grand Rapids2025-01-122025-03-0313
DALLAX Dallas to Los Angeles2023-11-212025-01-0635
LAXSFO Los Angeles to San Francisco2024-11-042025-01-0621
DALIND Dallas to Indianapolis2024-10-082024-10-308
DALLIT Dallas to Little Rock2023-09-092024-09-2911
LITDEN Little Rock to Denver2024-08-112024-09-297
DALOAK Dallas to Oakland2024-05-262024-05-261
DALONT Dallas to Ontario2024-01-082024-03-0425
ONTLAS Ontario to Las Vegas2024-01-082024-03-0425
DALLBB Dallas to Lubbock2023-09-052023-10-0410
ATLJAN Atlanta to Jackson2023-09-102023-10-014
DALDCA Dallas to Washington2023-09-102023-10-014
JANHOU Jackson to Houston2023-09-102023-10-014

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route WN40 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 500 records of WN40 operating HOUDAL, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.

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