GIG to DFW flight delays
Rio De Janeiro (GIG) Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW)
228 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · ANAC Brazil and US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
25.64%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
14.47%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
155 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
116 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: 14.47% 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 season swings this route hard. In January it ran 65.5 points more punctual than in November — 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.
Flights from Rio De Janeiro to Dallas/Fort Worth arrive late more often than they arrive on time. At this rate lateness is the normal outcome, not the exception, and the schedule is better read as an aspiration than a plan.
The two directions do not behave alike. DFW to GIG arrives on time 28.2 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 July 2024 – July 2026, American Airlines arrived on time most often on GIG to DFW. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in November.
Every airline on GIG 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 228 | 25.64% | 14.47% | 155 min | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Rio De Janeiro
Common questions
Are flights from Rio De Janeiro to Dallas/Fort Worth usually delayed?
25.64% of flights on the GIG to DFW route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 7 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Rio De Janeiro to Dallas/Fort Worth?
Only American Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 228 flights and 25.64% arriving on time.
How often are GIG to DFW flights cancelled?
14.47% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 145 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Rio De Janeiro to Dallas/Fort Worth?
January, when 65.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was November at 0%.
When GIG to DFW flights are late, how late are they?
About 155 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 GIG to DFW during July 2024 – July 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 →