CLT → DFW Flight Reliability

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Updated 09:52 UTC

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Route reliability

July 2023 – July 2026

Route Reliability Score

54/ 100Fair

Better than 22% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)

Calculated from 12,367 flights. How this is calculated

On-time arrivals

74.3%

8,976 of 12,078

Cancellation rate

1.92%

238 cancelled

Median arrival delay

-3 min

Average 10.8 min

Severe delays

8.9%

60+ minutes late

Delay when late

69 min

Average, when 15+ min late

Flights analyzed

12,367

3 carriers

CLT → DFW arrives on time 74.3% of the time; the return trip, DFW → CLT, arrives on time 72.1% of the time, a 2.2-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.

CLT → DFW spends 33.1 minutes on the ground on a 936-mile trip: 18.5 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at CLT and 14.6 minutes from touchdown to gate at DFW.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026

Why CLT → DFW flights are cancelled

July 2023 – July 2026

CLT → DFW cancelled 238 of 12,367 scheduled flights — about 1 in every 52. The reason filed most often was extreme weather, 89.1% of the cancellations coded on this route — about 1 in every 58 scheduled flights.

Share of cancellations

Weather89.1%

Airline10.5%

Air traffic0.4%

Security0.0%

Of 238 cancelled departures carrying a reason code.

What each reason means

Extreme weather1 in 58

Conditions the carrier judged severe enough to stop the flight: a blizzard, a hurricane, a line of thunderstorms.

212 cancellations, 89.1% of the total.

The airline1 in 495

Crew, maintenance, aircraft cleaning, baggage or fueling: what BTS counts as within the carrier’s own control.

25 cancellations, 10.5% of the total.

The air traffic system1 in 12,367

Airport capacity, air traffic control flow programs, heavy traffic and ordinary bad weather. A system decision, not the airline’s.

1 cancellation, 0.4% of the total.

Security—

A terminal evacuation, a security breach, screening equipment failure, or screening queues over 29 minutes.

0 cancellations, 0.0% of the total.

Reason codes are the operating airline’s own filing with US DOT, not an independent finding of fault. Ordinary bad weather is filed under air traffic, so weather’s full share is larger than its bar.

238 coded cancellations were recorded on CLT → DFW; the section appears from 50.

When it goes wrong

July 2023 – July 2026

One arrival in ten is worse than

53 min late

against a median of 3 min early

Arrived an hour or more late8.9%

Typical delay when late69 min

Cancelled1.92%

Landed somewhere else0.41%

Percentiles over 12,367 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.

Will your connection be tight enough?

Layovers at DFW after arriving from CLT.

Connection buffer and chance of missing by layover length, CLT → DFW arrivals
Connection time	Chance of missing	Reads as
30 min	44%	Likely to miss
45 min	25%	High risk
60 min	16%	High risk
90 min	8.8%	Some risk
120 min	5.4%	Some 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 1.92% of the time and diverts 0.41% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.

Chance of missing is the share of 12,078 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 53 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 12,367 operations.

Any other layover length: connection checker.

Best time to fly

CLT → DFW flights departing 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 84.2% of the time, against 63.5% for 6–9 PM departures, a gap of 20.7 percentage points.

By day and hour

On-time arrival rate for each weekday and scheduled departure hour, in local time at the departure airport (CLT).

Hour of departure matters more than day of the week: hourly averages sit a typical 8.8 points from the route-wide rate, weekday averages 3.2 points.

On-time arrival rate for CLT to DFW by weekday and scheduled departure hour, local time. Each button reads out one slot.
Hour	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
5 AM–6 AM
6 AM–7 AM
7 AM–8 AM
8 AM–9 AM
9 AM–10 AM
10 AM–11 AM
11 AM–12 PM
12 PM–1 PM
1 PM–2 PM
2 PM–3 PM
3 PM–4 PM
4 PM–5 PM
5 PM–6 PM
6 PM–7 PM
7 PM–8 PM
8 PM–9 PM
9 PM–10 PM
10 PM–11 PM

On-time rate, % · stronger color, fewer on time

40–49
50–59
60–69
70–79
80–89
90–99

Fewer than 120 flights, not scored

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · On time is arrival within 15 minutes of schedule. Cells round to whole percentages; the table shows one decimal.

No slot is named best or worst: too few reach 500 flights. Departures before 5 AM (5 flights) are not drawn: no slot in those hours has enough flights to score.

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On-time arrival rate (%) with flights beneath, by scheduled departure hour and weekday for CLT to DFW. A dash means fewer than 120 flights, which are not scored.
Hour	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
5 AM–6 AM	81.1% on time172 flights	90.5% on time172 flights	87.6% on time171 flights	87.9% on time176 flights	88.3% on time176 flights	85.8% on time177 flights	83.5% on time169 flights
6 AM–7 AM	15 flights, too few to score	11 flights, too few to score	13 flights, too few to score	15 flights, too few to score	17 flights, too few to score	13 flights, too few to score	14 flights, too few to score
7 AM–8 AM	77.6% on time158 flights	80.6% on time159 flights	72.3% on time157 flights	74.4% on time166 flights	71.8% on time158 flights	78.1% on time162 flights	72.8% on time164 flights
8 AM–9 AM	39 flights, too few to score	44 flights, too few to score	47 flights, too few to score	33 flights, too few to score	38 flights, too few to score	32 flights, too few to score	32 flights, too few to score
9 AM–10 AM	85.5% on time146 flights	87.1% on time150 flights	88.2% on time148 flights	85.4% on time159 flights	84.1% on time147 flights	85.1% on time151 flights	82.5% on time161 flights
10 AM–11 AM	26 flights, too few to score	10 flights, too few to score	11 flights, too few to score	22 flights, too few to score	23 flights, too few to score	13 flights, too few to score	17 flights, too few to score
11 AM–12 PM	84.6% on time151 flights	81.0% on time142 flights	86.4% on time141 flights	86.8% on time154 flights	81.4% on time148 flights	78.9% on time148 flights	79.6% on time157 flights
12 PM–1 PM	57 flights, too few to score	28 flights, too few to score	24 flights, too few to score	45 flights, too few to score	57 flights, too few to score	35 flights, too few to score	45 flights, too few to score
1 PM–2 PM	73.6% on time161 flights	82.1% on time161 flights	85.6% on time161 flights	78.2% on time159 flights	76.6% on time161 flights	77.8% on time161 flights	74.2% on time161 flights
2 PM–3 PM	40 flights, too few to score	36 flights, too few to score	33 flights, too few to score	33 flights, too few to score	45 flights, too few to score	49 flights, too few to score	34 flights, too few to score
3 PM–4 PM	69.2% on time132 flights	75.2% on time131 flights	84.2% on time133 flights	78.5% on time125 flights	77.0% on time132 flights	119 flights, too few to score	65.3% on time127 flights
4 PM–5 PM	63.3% on time142 flights	69.2% on time134 flights	70.5% on time130 flights	62.4% on time143 flights	63.4% on time137 flights	70.8% on time125 flights	64.5% on time144 flights
5 PM–6 PM	48 flights, too few to score	33 flights, too few to score	37 flights, too few to score	34 flights, too few to score	55 flights, too few to score	32 flights, too few to score	34 flights, too few to score
6 PM–7 PM	57.5% on time128 flights	115 flights, too few to score	119 flights, too few to score	57.1% on time121 flights	52.8% on time127 flights	117 flights, too few to score	44.1% on time124 flights
7 PM–8 PM	63.0% on time138 flights	78.5% on time134 flights	74.1% on time147 flights	64.3% on time132 flights	58.0% on time143 flights	67.2% on time127 flights	58.5% on time129 flights
8 PM–9 PM	100 flights, too few to score	92 flights, too few to score	92 flights, too few to score	96 flights, too few to score	93 flights, too few to score	83 flights, too few to score	107 flights, too few to score
9 PM–10 PM	35 flights, too few to score	46 flights, too few to score	23 flights, too few to score	26 flights, too few to score	25 flights, too few to score	24 flights, too few to score	21 flights, too few to score
10 PM–11 PM	71.1% on time145 flights	95 flights, too few to score	69.2% on time123 flights	66.9% on time150 flights	62.6% on time143 flights	65.7% on time141 flights	61.1% on time163 flights

By departure window

5–9 AM80.8%

9 AM–12 PM84.2%

12–3 PM77.5%

3–6 PM69.2%

6–9 PM63.5%

9 PM–5 AM67.4%

By departure hour

12 AM

3 AM

6 AM

9 AM

12 PM

3 PM

6 PM

9 PM

Why CLT → DFW runs late

July 2023 – July 2026

Late-arriving aircraft39.3%

the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late

The airline29.4%

crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control

Air traffic control21.8%

airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control

Weather9.1%

weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically

Security0.4%

screening or terminal security incidents

Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for CLT → DFW. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed.

Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on CLT → DFW, at 39.3%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late, and the day shows it: 9 AM–12 PM departures arrived on time 84.2% of the time and 6–9 PM departures 63.5%.

How this route holds up in bad weather

July 2023 – July 2026

The harder-hit end is DFW, where the flight lands. Its figure counts departures from DFW, so it says more about how that airport copes than about this route. Bad weather cancels 7.0 times the normal rate at DFW against 4.6 times at CLT. Cancelled in bad weather against normal hours: CLT 5.7% against 1.2%, DFW 10.4% against 1.5%. Flights that did leave DFW in bad weather arrived on time 56.4% of the time, against 74.4% in normal hours.

Bad weather and normal hours at the airports

Scheduled departures, July 2023 – July 2026

Departures from CLT and DFW in hours of bad weather and in normal hours
Departures from	CLT	DFW
Cancelled in bad weather	5.7%	10.4%
Cancelled in normal hours	1.2%	1.5%
Arrived on time, bad weather	63.5%	56.4%
Arrived on time, normal hours	75.9%	74.4%
Departures in bad weather	55,311	72,822

American Airlines (5.3% cancelled against 6.4% for the other carriers at CLT) cancelled fewer departures from CLT in bad weather than the other carriers there did in the same months. None of the route’s other carriers was clearly worse.

This route’s airlines in bad weather at CLT

All departures from CLT

Cancellation rates in bad weather at CLT for the airlines that fly CLT to DFW, against the other carriers at CLT in the same months
Airline	Bad-weather departures	Cancelled	Other carriers
American Airlines	33,044	5.3%below the others	6.4%
Spirit Airlines	1,090	6.1%about level	5.7%
Frontier Airlines	812	6.7%about level	6.0%

These are airport figures, not route figures: every scheduled departure from CLT and DFW, to any destination, in hours the weather report called bad. The airline rows count each carrier’s departures from CLT on every route.

Weather source and limits. In full: CLT (airlines), DFW, What Weather Costs Each Airport, Who Cancels More When the Weather Turns, Airports That Change Places When Weather Turns.

Airlines on this route

Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.

Airlines on this route
Carrier	Flights	On time	Cancelled	Median delay	Severe
American Airlines	11,268	74.6%	1.82%	-3 min	8.7%
Spirit Airlines	604	76.3%	1.66%	-2 min	8.5%
Frontier Airlines	495	64.3%	4.65%	2 min	14.6%

American Airlines flew 91.1% of the 12,367 flights listed. Frontier Airlines cancelled 4.65% of its flights here against 1.66% for Spirit Airlines.

Spirit Airlines arrived on time 12.0 percentage points more often than Frontier Airlines on this route.

Weekly and seasonal patterns

By day of week

Mon72.8%

Tue78.7%

Wed79.2%

Thu74.2%

Fri72.7%

Sat74.0%

Sun69.2%

Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 10.0 percentage points.

By month

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

May is historically the weakest month and November the strongest, a spread of 18.4 percentage points.

Reliability over time

July 2023 – July 2026

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Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 77.7% against 75.8% in the 12 months before — improving by 1.9 percentage points.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 12,367 CLT → DFW 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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Analysis last recomputed September 26, 2026

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Right now

Route reliability

Why CLT → DFW flights are cancelled

Share of cancellations

What each reason means

When it goes wrong

Will your connection be tight enough?

Best time to fly

By day and hour

By departure window

By departure hour

Why CLT → DFW runs late

How this route holds up in bad weather

Bad weather and normal hours at the airports

This route’s airlines in bad weather at CLT

Airlines on this route

Weekly and seasonal patterns

By day of week

By month

Reliability over time

Data and methodology