DAL to RDU flight delays
Dallas, TX (DAL) Raleigh/Durham, NC (RDU) · 1,052 miles
429 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
66.35%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.63%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
50 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
18 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In December it ran 58.1 points more punctual than in June — 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 worse. The later months run 14.5 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
The two directions do not behave alike. RDU to DAL arrives on time 8.5 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
This is a late route. Flights from Dallas to Raleigh/Durham miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on DAL to RDU. Flights ran closest to schedule in December and worst in June.
Every airline on DAL to RDU
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 429 | 66.35% | 1.63% | 50 min | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
RDU to DAL Raleigh/Durham back to Dallas 74.82% on time DOther routes from Dallas
Common questions
Are flights from Dallas to Raleigh/Durham usually delayed?
66.35% of flights on the DAL to RDU route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Dallas to Raleigh/Durham?
Only Southwest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 429 flights and 66.35% arriving on time.
How often are DAL to RDU flights cancelled?
1.63% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 16 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Dallas to Raleigh/Durham?
December, when 84.8% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 26.7%.
When DAL to RDU flights are late, how late are they?
About 50 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 DAL to RDU 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 →