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WN46

Houston (HOU) to Dallas (DAL) · scheduled 5:30 PM – 6:40 PM

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How WN46 performs

514 operations, 2023-07-15 to 2026-06-29.

On-time arrivals
75.8%
383 of 505 completed
Cancellation rate
1.36%
7 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-4 min
Average 8.6 min
Severe delays
7.5%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
60 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
69.0%
Left the gate on time

WN46 arrived on time 75.8% of the time, against 81.5% for all HOUDAL flights — this specific departure is 5.7 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Southwest Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 5.7 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 514 operations between 2023-07-15 to 2026-06-29

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
WN4675.8%1.36%-4 min7.5%514
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 · 2023-07-15 to 2026-06-29

Other routes WN46 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
DALFLL Dallas to Fort Lauderdale2025-06-052026-06-2942
DALSLC Dallas to Salt Lake City2026-04-072026-06-0318
DALBNA Dallas to Nashville2025-08-052026-06-0156
DALBWI Dallas to Baltimore2026-03-102026-04-018
DALABQ Dallas to Albuquerque2025-11-032026-01-0124
DALMCO Dallas to Orlando2025-11-022025-12-1816
DALMCI Dallas to Kansas City2024-01-142025-10-3054
MSYHOU New Orleans to Houston2025-10-022025-10-3013
DALPHX Dallas to Phoenix2025-10-072025-10-298
HRLHOU Harlingen to Houston2025-10-072025-10-298
ATLHOU Atlanta to Houston2025-10-052025-10-264
DALORD Dallas to Chicago2025-10-052025-10-264
DALMKE Dallas to Milwaukee2025-08-102025-09-287
CRPHOU Corpus Christi to Houston2023-10-102025-06-0451
BWIMDW Baltimore to Chicago2025-05-252025-05-251
MDWHOU Chicago to Houston2025-05-252025-05-251
DALBUR Dallas to Burbank2025-03-092025-04-065
GSPHOU Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg to Houston2025-03-092025-04-065
MCIMDW Kansas City to Chicago2025-02-132025-03-029
DALTUL Dallas to Tulsa2024-10-082024-10-308
DALCOS Dallas to Colorado Springs2024-08-062024-10-0218
DALOAK Dallas to Oakland2024-01-082024-03-0425
DALMAF Dallas to Midland2023-11-112024-01-066
DALSTL Dallas to St. Louis2023-11-252023-12-303
DALDEN Dallas to Denver2023-10-102023-11-018
DALLAS Dallas to Las Vegas2023-07-152023-08-125

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route WN46 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 514 records of WN46 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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