DEN → DAL Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Denver, CO to Dallas, TX · 2,999 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 162 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 96% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 51% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
71%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+55 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DEN → DAL (2,999 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 71% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +55 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,09871%
16-30 min29310%
31-60 min28710%
61-120 min1836%
2+ hrs823%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0728364%+26 min
2025-0823663%+20 min
2025-0922375%+9 min
2025-1023374%+11 min
2025-1122677%+6 min
2025-1225370%+13 min
2026-0123684%+1 min
2026-0223084%+1 min
2026-0326476%+10 min
2026-0425073%+6 min
2026-0525066%+19 min
2026-0625953%+25 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon44373%
Tue41073%
Wed39977%
Thu43867%
Fri44169%
Sat36275%
Sun45066%

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