DFW to MDT flight delays
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) Harrisburg, PA (MDT) · 1,231 miles
365 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
55.68%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.56%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
92 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
42 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In April it ran 55.2 points more punctual than in July — 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.
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 3.56% 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.
This is a late route. Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Harrisburg miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
The two directions do not behave alike. MDT to DFW arrives on time 27.8 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, American Airlines arrived on time most often on DFW to MDT. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in July.
Every airline on DFW to MDT
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 365 | 55.68% | 3.56% | 92 min | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Dallas/Fort Worth
Common questions
Are flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Harrisburg usually delayed?
55.68% of flights on the DFW to MDT route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 4 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Dallas/Fort Worth to Harrisburg?
Only American Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 365 flights and 55.68% arriving on time.
How often are DFW to MDT flights cancelled?
3.56% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 36 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Dallas/Fort Worth to Harrisburg?
April, when 72.4% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 17.2%.
When DFW to MDT flights are late, how late are they?
About 92 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 DFW to MDT 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 →