DAL → RDU Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Dallas, TX to Raleigh/Durham, NC · 429 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 25 flight numbers

This route has been getting less reliable recently — 2026-06's on-time rate (30%) is well below the 70% average from earlier months.
On-time arrival
68%
Median delay
+5 min
90th percentile
+51 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from DAL to RDU?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DAL → RDU (429 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 68% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +5 min; the worst 10% ran +51 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time28568%
16-30 min6215%
31-60 min389%
61-120 min246%
2+ hrs133%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073969%+16 min
2025-083672%+11 min
2025-093479%+13 min
2025-103563%+19 min
2025-114674%+15 min
2025-124685%+8 min
2026-013181%+4 min
2026-022752%+16 min
2026-033168%+11 min
2026-043370%+12 min
2026-053453%+17 min
2026-063030%+44 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon5768%
Tue5578%
Wed5368%
Thu5549%
Fri5963%
Sat5968%
Sun8475%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…