Route profile
RNO→DFW
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Reno to Dallas–Fort Worth, 1,345 miles.
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Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 36% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 3,938 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
RNO → DFW arrives on time 80.4% of the time; the return trip, DFW → RNO, arrives on time 71.9% of the time, an 8.5-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
RNO → DFW spends 28.2 minutes on the ground on a 1,345-mile trip: 15.4 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at RNO and 12.8 minutes from touchdown to gate at DFW.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What stands out
Every day of the week performs about the same on this route, steadier than 92% of 4,467 comparable routes.
82.6% on time on the best day (Thursday) against 77.9% on the worst (Saturday).
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 4,467 in the comparison.
What sets this route apart
Where RNO to DFW differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
RNO to DFW is at its best against routes of similar length for flights scheduled at 11 PM: 87.9% arrive on time, 8.1 points ahead of the 79.8% those routes manage at that hour. Against all other routes the gap is 8.8 points.
RNO to DFW struggles most at 2 PM: 67.3% of its flights scheduled then arrive on time, 6.1 points behind the 73.4% on routes of similar length at the same hour. Against all other routes the gap is 7.3 points.
RNO to DFW holds up on Thursdays better than routes of similar length do: 82.6% on time to their 76.8%, a 5.8 points lead. Against all other routes the gap is 5.8 points.
June is kinder to RNO to DFW than to routes of similar length: 79.8% on time against 71.9%, 7.9 points better. Against all other routes the gap is 7.1 points.
American Airlines does better on RNO to DFW than on its routes of similar length: 80.4% on time here, 75.2% there, 5.2 points apart. Against all other routes the gap is 5.3 points.
RNO to DFW against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 11 PM departures | 87.9% | routes of similar length | 79.8% | +8.1 pts | 530 here, 21,012 there |
| Hour: 2 PM departures | 67.3% | routes of similar length | 73.4% | −6.1 pts | 1,002 here, 99,509 there |
| Weekday: Thursday | 82.6% | routes of similar length | 76.8% | +5.8 pts | 563 here, 253,757 there |
| Month: June | 79.8% | routes of similar length | 71.9% | +7.9 pts | 342 here, 142,173 there |
| Airline: American Airlines | 80.4% | routes of similar length | 75.2% | +5.2 pts | 3,824 here, 352,840 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 1,345 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.
Why RNO → DFW flights are cancelled
July 2023 – July 2026
RNO → DFW cancelled 86 of 3,938 scheduled flights — about 1 in every 46. The reason filed most often was extreme weather, 91.9% of the cancellations coded on this route — about 1 in every 50 scheduled flights.
Share of cancellations
Of 86 cancelled departures carrying a reason code.
What each reason means
Conditions the carrier judged severe enough to stop the flight: a blizzard, a hurricane, a line of thunderstorms.
79 cancellations, 91.9% of the total.
Crew, maintenance, aircraft cleaning, baggage or fueling: what BTS counts as within the carrier’s own control.
7 cancellations, 8.1% of the total.
Airport capacity, air traffic control flow programs, heavy traffic and ordinary bad weather. A system decision, not the airline’s.
0 cancellations, 0.0% of the total.
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. With only one or two carriers on the route, the split mostly reflects how they file. Ordinary bad weather is filed under air traffic, so weather’s full share is larger than its bar.
86 coded cancellations were recorded on RNO → DFW; the section appears from 50.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
42 min late
against a median of 9 min early
Percentiles over 3,938 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at DFW after arriving from RNO.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 33% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 19% | High risk |
| 60 min | 13% | Some risk |
| 90 min | 7.1% | 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 2.18% of the time and diverts 0.71% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 3,824 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 42 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 3,938 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
RNO → DFW flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 88.8% of the time, against 67.9% for 12–3 PM departures, a gap of 20.9 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 4 AM: too few flights to score
- 5 AM: 90.8% on time from 264 flights
- 6 AM: 88.5% on time from 863 flights
- 7 AM to 9 AM: too few flights to score
- 10 AM: 77.9% on time from 563 flights
- 11 AM: 81.8% on time from 505 flights
- 12 PM to 1 PM: too few flights to score
- 2 PM: 67.3% on time from 1,027 flights
- 3 PM to 10 PM: too few flights to score
- 11 PM: 87.9% on time from 546 flights
Departure windows with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
Why RNO → DFW 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 RNO → DFW. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on RNO → DFW, at 49.7%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late, and the day shows it: 5–9 AM departures arrived on time 88.8% of the time and 12–3 PM departures 67.9%.
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 | 3,938 | 80.4% | 2.18% | -9 min | 7.2% |
Flights on this route
Flight numbers with at least 600 operations here and still on the schedule.
| Flight | Scheduled | Operations | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA1361 American Airlines | 6:00 AM | 1,127 | 89.1% |
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Thursday is historically the most reliable day and Saturday the least, a gap of 4.7 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 80.9%
- Feb: 83.2%
- Mar: 79.9%
- Apr: 76.0%
- May: 79.0%
- Jun: 79.8%
- Jul: 76.3%
- Aug: 77.8%
- Sep: 81.4%
- Oct: 84.8%
- Nov: 87.1%
- Dec: 82.5%
April is historically the weakest month and November the strongest, a spread of 11.1 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
- July 2023: too few flights to score (104)
- August 2023: 79.2% from 122 flights
- September 2023: too few flights to score (91)
- October 2023: too few flights to score (90)
- November 2023: too few flights to score (80)
- December 2023: too few flights to score (93)
- January 2024: too few flights to score (97)
- February 2024: too few flights to score (96)
- March 2024: too few flights to score (116)
- April 2024: too few flights to score (106)
- May 2024: 72.6% from 121 flights
- June 2024: 80.3% from 120 flights
- July 2024: 69.5% from 121 flights
- August 2024: too few flights to score (117)
- September 2024: too few flights to score (119)
- October 2024: too few flights to score (118)
- November 2024: too few flights to score (96)
- December 2024: too few flights to score (101)
- January 2025: too few flights to score (98)
- February 2025: too few flights to score (84)
- March 2025: too few flights to score (105)
- April 2025: too few flights to score (116)
- May 2025: 80.5% from 122 flights
- June 2025: 81.4% from 120 flights
- July 2025: 81.9% from 121 flights
- August 2025: too few flights to score (99)
- September 2025: too few flights to score (91)
- October 2025: too few flights to score (92)
- November 2025: too few flights to score (95)
- December 2025: too few flights to score (102)
- January 2026: too few flights to score (100)
- February 2026: too few flights to score (101)
- March 2026: 84.4% from 124 flights
- April 2026: too few flights to score (109)
- May 2026: too few flights to score (115)
- June 2026: too few flights to score (116)
- July 2026: 80.5% from 120 flights
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 80.3% against 81.5% in the 12 months before — broadly unchanged.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 3,938 RNO → 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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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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