Route profile
DAL→BUR
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Dallas to Burbank, 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 36% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 1,299 flights. How this is calculated
DAL → BUR arrives on time 73.6% of the time; the return trip, BUR → DAL, arrives on time 85.0% of the time, an 11.5-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
DAL → BUR spends 14.9 minutes on the ground on a 1,243-mile trip: 11.9 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at DAL and 3.1 minutes from touchdown to gate at BUR.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What sets this route apart
Where DAL to BUR differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
DAL to BUR struggles most at 6 PM: 58.1% of its flights scheduled then arrive on time, 10.1 points behind the 68.2% on routes of similar length at the same hour. Against all other routes the gap is 10.5 points.
DAL to BUR is at its best against routes of similar length for flights scheduled at 1 PM: 83.5% arrive on time, 8.4 points ahead of the 75.1% those routes manage at that hour.
Friday is the day DAL to BUR slips furthest against routes of similar length, 68.7% on time where they average 75.8%, 7.1 points lower. Against all other routes the gap is 7.5 points.
In June, DAL to BUR runs 11.3 points below routes of similar length, 60.5% on time to 71.8%. Against all other routes the gap is 12.2 points.
DAL to BUR against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 6 PM departures | 58.1% | routes of similar length | 68.2% | −10.1 pts | 215 here, 124,289 there |
| Hour: 1 PM departures | 83.5% | routes of similar length | 75.1% | +8.4 pts | 139 here, 103,395 there |
| Weekday: Friday | 68.7% | routes of similar length | 75.8% | −7.1 pts | 195 here, 279,557 there |
| Month: June | 60.5% | routes of similar length | 71.8% | −11.3 pts | 129 here, 149,529 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
49 min late
against a median of 3 min early
Percentiles over 1,299 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at BUR after arriving from DAL.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 45% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 26% | High risk |
| 60 min | 15% | High risk |
| 90 min | 8.1% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 4.8% | 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 1.08% of the time and diverts 0.46% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 1,279 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 49 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 1,299 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
DAL → BUR flights departing 12–3 PM arrived on time 83.4% of the time, against 55.3% for 6–9 PM departures, a gap of 28.1 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 8 AM: too few flights to score
- 9 AM: 86.5% on time from 134 flights
- 10 AM: 87.2% on time from 143 flights
- 11 AM to 12 PM: too few flights to score
- 1 PM: 83.5% on time from 142 flights
- 2 PM to 5 PM: too few flights to score
- 6 PM: 58.1% on time from 216 flights
- 7 PM to 11 PM: too few flights to score
Departure windows with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
Why DAL → BUR 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
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for DAL → BUR. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed.
Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on DAL → BUR, at 57.8%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late, and the day shows it: 12–3 PM departures arrived on time 83.4% of the time and 6–9 PM departures 55.3%.
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 | 1,299 | 73.6% | 1.08% | -3 min | 8.2% |
Other ways to fly Dallas–Fort Worth to Los Angeles
Airport pairs in the same two city markets, as the DOT defines them.
| Route | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFW→LAX Dallas–Fort Worth to Los Angeles | 20,660 | 72.8% | 1.51% | -4 min | 54 |
| DAL→BUR this route Dallas to Burbank | 1,299 | 73.6% | 1.08% | -3 min | 60 |
DAL → BUR is the most reliable pairing for this journey at 73.6% on time, against 72.8% for DFW → LAX.
Flying to BUR from the Dallas–Fort Worth area? Compare DAL, DFW for BUR, 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 Friday the least, a gap of 12.3 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 71.2% against 78.9% in the 12 months before — declining by 7.7 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,299 DAL → BUR 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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