Route profile
DFW→BUR
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Dallas–Fort Worth to Burbank, 1,231 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 17% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 2,244 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
DFW → BUR arrives on time 71.3% of the time; the return trip, BUR → DFW, arrives on time 82.4% of the time, an 11.2-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
DFW → BUR spends 25.2 minutes on the ground on a 1,231-mile trip: 20.9 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at DFW and 4.2 minutes from touchdown to gate at BUR.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What stands out
Reliability here swings unusually widely by season, a wider month-to-month spread than 98% of 3,357 comparable routes.
84.2% on time in a typical October, against 55.9% in April.
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 3,357 in the comparison.
What sets this route apart
Where DFW to BUR differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
DFW to BUR struggles most at 10 AM: 78.4% of its flights scheduled then arrive on time, 2.6 points behind the 81.0% on routes of similar length at the same hour. Against all other routes the gap is 4.3 points.
Saturday is the day DFW to BUR slips furthest against routes of similar length, 69.4% on time where they average 77.4%, 8 points lower. Against all other routes the gap is 9.7 points.
In April, DFW to BUR runs 23.3 points below routes of similar length, 55.9% on time to 79.2%. Against all other routes the gap is 24 points.
American Airlines’ flights on DFW to BUR arrive on time 71.3% of the time, 3.2 points below the 74.5% it manages on its routes of similar length. Against all other routes the gap is 3.8 points.
DFW to BUR against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 10 AM departures | 78.4% | routes of similar length | 81.0% | −2.6 pts | 1,087 here, 104,308 there |
| Weekday: Saturday | 69.4% | routes of similar length | 77.4% | −8.0 pts | 310 here, 257,148 there |
| Month: April | 55.9% | routes of similar length | 79.2% | −23.3 pts | 177 here, 165,476 there |
| Airline: American Airlines | 71.3% | routes of similar length | 74.5% | −3.2 pts | 2,195 here, 421,607 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 1,231 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
56 min late
against a median of 1 min early
Percentiles over 2,244 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at BUR after arriving from DFW.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 47% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 28% | High risk |
| 60 min | 18% | High risk |
| 90 min | 9.1% | 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 1.74% of the time and diverts 0.45% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 2,195 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 56 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 2,244 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Why DFW → 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
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for DFW → BUR. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on DFW → BUR, at 44.3%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 2,244 | 71.3% | 1.74% | -1 min | 9.3% |
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 |
| DFW→BUR this route Dallas–Fort Worth to Burbank | 2,244 | 71.3% | 1.74% | -1 min | 52 |
Flying to BUR from the Dallas–Fort Worth area? Compare DFW, DAL for BUR, with the same test for what counts as a real difference.
Flights on this route
Flight numbers with at least 600 operations here and still on the schedule.
| Flight | Scheduled | Operations | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA2597 American Airlines | 7:10 PM | 1,117 | 63.9% |
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 10.6 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 68.8%
- Feb: 75.3%
- Mar: 73.9%
- Apr: 55.9%
- May: 62.3%
- Jun: 61.5%
- Jul: 67.2%
- Aug: 68.5%
- Sep: 81.0%
- Oct: 84.2%
- Nov: 77.1%
- Dec: 80.1%
April is historically the weakest month and October the strongest, a spread of 28.3 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 67.2% against 73.9% in the 12 months before — declining by 6.7 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 2,244 DFW → 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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