STL → DAL Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · St. Louis, MO to Dallas, TX · 1,925 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 121 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 93% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 56% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+46 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on STL → DAL (1,925 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +46 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,45077%
16-30 min1538%
31-60 min1417%
61-120 min925%
2+ hrs493%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0715972%+13 min
2025-0816978%+13 min
2025-0917178%+5 min
2025-1015375%+13 min
2025-1114980%+2 min
2025-1215178%+8 min
2026-0113791%-2 min
2026-0214688%-3 min
2026-0316577%+4 min
2026-0415679%+1 min
2026-0516373%+13 min
2026-0616657%+27 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon28573%
Tue27786%
Wed27585%
Thu28674%
Fri28679%
Sat20473%
Sun27267%

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