ORD → DAL Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Chicago, IL to Dallas, TX · 539 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-03 · aggregated across 24 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -4 min, while the worst 10% run +63 min or later.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+63 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on ORD → DAL (539 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-03), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +63 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time38273%
16-30 min479%
31-60 min418%
61-120 min346%
2+ hrs224%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078761%+18 min
2025-087384%+2 min
2025-097083%+2 min
2025-108687%-6 min
2025-112966%+44 min
2025-123165%+32 min
2026-013080%+4 min
2026-022875%-2 min
2026-033047%+38 min
2026-042972%+20 min
2026-053050%+54 min
2026-06333%+46 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon8173%
Tue7476%
Wed7469%
Thu8174%
Fri8175%
Sat5772%
Sun7869%

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