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WN49

Dallas (DAL) to Houston (HOU) · scheduled 6:30 PM – 7:40 PM

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How WN49 performs

507 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-28.

On-time arrivals
66.2%
331 of 500 completed
Cancellation rate
1.38%
7 cancelled
Median arrival delay
2 min
Average 14.4 min
Severe delays
10.6%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
55 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
63.2%
Left the gate on time

WN49 arrived on time 66.2% of the time, against 76.8% for all DALHOU flights — this specific departure is 10.6 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Southwest Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 10.6 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 507 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-28

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
WN4966.2%1.38%2 min10.6%507
Southwest Airlines on DALHOU76.8%1.98%-5 min6.7%12,339
All DALHOU flights76.8%1.98%-5 min6.7%12,339

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-28

Other routes WN49 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
VPSDAL Valparaiso to Dallas2026-06-072026-06-284
PHXDAL Phoenix to Dallas2026-03-082026-04-055
SRQDAL Sarasota/Bradenton to Dallas2025-11-252026-01-0413
DENDAL Denver to Dallas2023-08-152026-01-0330
FATDEN Fresno to Denver2025-08-092025-09-278
LASFAT Las Vegas to Fresno2025-08-092025-09-278
SMFGEG Sacramento to Spokane2025-06-082025-08-039
GEGDAL Spokane to Dallas2025-06-082025-08-039
LAXSMF Los Angeles to Sacramento2025-06-082025-08-039
PHXLAX Phoenix to Los Angeles2025-06-082025-08-039
CMHDAL Columbus to Dallas2025-04-082025-06-0418
MAFDAL Midland to Dallas2023-07-152025-06-0232
DENMAF Denver to Midland2025-04-102025-06-0224
HOUCRP Houston to Corpus Christi2024-03-072025-04-0751
HOUJAN Houston to Jackson2024-07-052024-11-0114
DENLIT Denver to Little Rock2024-10-032024-11-0113
LITDAL Little Rock to Dallas2024-10-032024-11-0113
SDFDAL Louisville to Dallas2024-10-062024-10-274
MCIDAL Kansas City to Dallas2024-06-082024-08-039
STLMCI St. Louis to Kansas City2024-06-082024-08-039
AMADAL Amarillo to Dallas2024-03-092024-04-065
LBBDAL Lubbock to Dallas2023-11-052024-03-0661
HOUBNA Houston to Nashville2023-11-052024-01-0743
BWIDAL Baltimore to Dallas2023-10-072023-11-045
ELPDAL El Paso to Dallas2023-10-052023-11-0318
PHXELP Phoenix to El Paso2023-10-052023-11-0318
BNADAL Nashville to Dallas2023-10-102023-11-018
BURPHX Burbank to Phoenix2023-10-082023-10-294
OAKBUR Oakland to Burbank2023-10-082023-10-294
LASDAL Las Vegas to Dallas2023-09-052023-10-0422
BURLAS Burbank to Las Vegas2023-09-052023-10-0410
HOUMCO Houston to Orlando2023-09-072023-10-0212
ATLDAL Atlanta to Dallas2023-09-032023-09-031
HOULAS Houston to Las Vegas2023-09-032023-09-031
MDWATL Chicago to Atlanta2023-09-032023-09-031
SLCMDW Salt Lake City to Chicago2023-09-032023-09-031
MCODAL Orlando to Dallas2023-07-112023-08-1425
SJUMCO San Juan to Orlando2023-07-112023-08-1425
CLESTL Cleveland to St. Louis2023-07-032023-07-106
STLDAL St. Louis to Dallas2023-07-032023-07-106
CHSDAL Charleston to Dallas2023-07-012023-07-011

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route WN49 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 507 records of WN49 operating DALHOU, 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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