ACT to DFW flight delays
Waco, TX (ACT) Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) · 90 miles
1,073 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
83.19%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
4.38%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
95 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
17 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 4.38% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 95 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
The season swings this route hard. In April it ran 23.8 points more punctual than in August — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The route has been getting better. The later months in the record run 9.7 points more punctual than the earlier ones, which usually means a schedule that was too tight has been given more room.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on ACT to DFW. Envoy Air was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in August.
Every airline on ACT to DFW
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy Air | 616 | 82.09% | 3.57% | 71 min | C |
| SkyWest Airlines | 457 | 84.69% | 5.47% | 133 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
DFW to ACT Dallas/Fort Worth back to Waco 79.88% on time DCommon questions
Are flights from Waco to Dallas/Fort Worth usually delayed?
83.19% of flights on the ACT to DFW route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Waco to Dallas/Fort Worth?
SkyWest Airlines, at 84.69% on time across 457 flights. The least punctual on the route was Envoy Air at 82.09%.
How often are ACT to DFW flights cancelled?
4.38% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 44 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Waco to Dallas/Fort Worth?
April, when 94.1% of flights arrived on time. The worst was August at 70.3%.
When ACT to DFW flights are late, how late are they?
About 95 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on ACT to DFW during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →