DFW to PWM flight delays
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) Portland, ME (PWM) · 1,622 miles
156 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
73.68%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.56%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
68 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 cancellation rate for the period is 2.56%, but almost all of it belongs to one month: June 2026, when 6.67% of flights on this route did not operate. Outside that month the route cancelled at around 0.97%. Whatever happened in June was an event, not the normal state of this route.
The two directions do not behave alike. PWM to DFW arrives on time 5.5 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.
Only American Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Portland run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, American Airlines arrived on time most often on DFW to PWM. Flights ran closest to schedule in June and worst in August.
Every airline on DFW to PWM
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 | 156 | 73.68% | 2.56% | 68 min | D |
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 Portland usually delayed?
73.68% of flights on the DFW to PWM 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/Fort Worth to Portland?
Only American Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 156 flights and 73.68% arriving on time.
How often are DFW to PWM flights cancelled?
2.56% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 26 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
When DFW to PWM flights are late, how late are they?
About 68 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 PWM 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 →