Route profile
BUR→DAL
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Burbank to Dallas, 1,243 miles.
Right now
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 92% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 1,283 flights. How this is calculated
BUR → DAL arrives on time 85.0% of the time; the return trip, DAL → BUR, arrives on time 73.6% of the time, an 11.5-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
BUR → DAL spends 19.6 minutes on the ground on a 1,243-mile trip: 14.6 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at BUR and 5.0 minutes from touchdown to gate at DAL.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What stands out
This route stays close to typical even on its worst days, a smaller gap than 92% of 4,598 comparable routes.
A typical arrival is 7 min early, and the worst tenth are only 31 minutes worse than that.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Ranked against every other route with the same kind of figure and at least 4,598 in the comparison.
What sets this route apart
Where BUR to DAL differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
BUR to DAL is at its best against routes of similar length for flights scheduled at 3 PM: 83.2% arrive on time, 13.1 points ahead of the 70.1% those routes manage at that hour. Against all other routes the gap is 10.5 points.
BUR to DAL holds up on Saturdays better than routes of similar length do: 88.3% on time to their 77.5%, a 10.8 points lead. Against all other routes the gap is 9.2 points.
July is kinder to BUR to DAL than to routes of similar length: 85.9% on time against 68.8%, 17.1 points better. Against all other routes the gap is 16.2 points.
Southwest Airlines does better on BUR to DAL than on its routes of similar length: 85.0% on time here, 75.7% there, 9.3 points apart. Against all other routes the gap is 7.6 points.
BUR to DAL against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 3 PM departures | 83.2% | routes of similar length | 70.1% | +13.1 pts | 137 here, 104,387 there |
| Weekday: Saturday | 88.3% | routes of similar length | 77.5% | +10.8 pts | 154 here, 246,588 there |
| Month: July | 85.9% | routes of similar length | 68.8% | +17.1 pts | 170 here, 201,555 there |
| Airline: Southwest Airlines | 85.0% | routes of similar length | 75.7% | +9.3 pts | 1,262 here, 395,685 there |
Each comparison pools the flights of other routes, with this route’s own left out. Similar length means within 15% of this route’s 1,243 miles, with at least 5 such routes. A bucket is set against the most comparable group that has enough flights: similar length, then the same origin (at least 3 routes), then all other routes. Hours, weekdays and months appear only where both sides have 120 completed flights, and airlines where both have 600. The gap must be at least 2 points and 2 standard errors, and only the largest gap each way is kept per measure. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
24 min late
against a median of 7 min early
Percentiles over 1,283 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at DAL after arriving from BUR.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 32% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 14% | Some risk |
| 60 min | 7.4% | Some risk |
| 90 min | 3.6% | Low risk |
| 120 min | 2.4% | Low risk |
This is one leg of a connection. Gate changes and the next flight's own schedule matter too. And a connection can fail before delay is even the question — this route cancels 0.78% of the time and diverts 0.86% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 1,262 arrivals on this route that landed later than the connection time less 30 minutes to reach the next gate.
The worst tenth of arrivals on this route land at least 24 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 1,283 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
BUR → DAL flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 92.6% of the time, against 79.4% for 3–6 PM departures, a gap of 13.2 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 6 AM: too few flights to score
- 7 AM: 92.3% on time from 240 flights
- 8 AM: 92.9% on time from 257 flights
- 9 AM to 10 AM: too few flights to score
- 11 AM: 80.2% on time from 120 flights
- 12 PM: too few flights to score
- 1 PM: 80.5% on time from 132 flights
- 2 PM: 80.0% on time from 242 flights
- 3 PM: 83.2% on time from 137 flights
- 4 PM to 11 PM: too few flights to score
Why BUR → DAL runs late
July 2023 – July 2026
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for BUR → DAL. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed.
Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on BUR → DAL, at 38.6%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late, and the day shows it: 5–9 AM departures arrived on time 92.6% of the time and 3–6 PM departures 79.4%.
Airlines on this route
Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 1,283 | 85.0% | 0.78% | -7 min | 3.7% |
Other ways to fly Los Angeles to Dallas–Fort Worth
Airport pairs in the same two city markets, as the DOT defines them.
| Route | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAX→DFW Los Angeles to Dallas–Fort Worth | 20,649 | 76.9% | 1.61% | -5 min | 56 |
| BUR→DAL this route Burbank to Dallas | 1,283 | 85.0% | 0.78% | -7 min | 83 |
BUR → DAL is the most reliable pairing for this journey at 85.0% on time, against 76.9% for LAX → DFW.
Flying to DAL from the Los Angeles area? Compare BUR, LAX, SNA, ONT for DAL, with the same test for what counts as a real difference.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 8.1 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 83.6% against 85.8% in the 12 months before — declining by 2.2 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,283 BUR → DAL flight records from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – July 2026. Late means 15 or more minutes past scheduled arrival; cancelled and diverted flights are left out of on-time rates.
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Related research: How Long a Layover Needs to Be · Two Airlines on One Route · Best Time of Day to Fly From Major US Airports
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