DFW to TVC flight delays
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) Traverse City, MI (TVC) · 1,022 miles
159 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
63.69%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.26%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
87 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
33 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. TVC to DFW arrives on time 13.4 points less 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/Fort Worth to Traverse City miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
This route does worse than its own airport. DFW as a whole runs 7.5 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, American Airlines arrived on time most often on DFW to TVC. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in May.
Every airline on DFW to TVC
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 | 142 | 61.43% | 1.41% | 91 min | F |
| Envoy Air | 17 | 82.35% | 0% | 23 min | — |
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 Traverse City usually delayed?
63.69% of flights on the DFW to TVC 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 Traverse City?
Only American Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 142 flights and 61.43% arriving on time.
How often are DFW to TVC flights cancelled?
1.26% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 13 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When DFW to TVC flights are late, how late are they?
About 87 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 TVC 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 →