GRR to DFW flight delays
Grand Rapids, MI (GRR) Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) · 931 miles
1,017 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
68.24%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.54%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
122 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
40 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: 3.54% 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 November it ran 22.6 points more punctual than in December — 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.
This route does worse than its own airport. GRR as a whole runs 11.5 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.
Flights from Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth 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 GRR to DFW. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in December.
Every airline on GRR 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 | 994 | 67.79% | 3.32% | 122 min | F |
| Envoy Air | 20 | 94.12% | 15% | 32 min | — |
| PSA Airlines | 3 | 66.67% | 0% | 40 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Grand Rapids
Common questions
Are flights from Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth usually delayed?
68.24% of flights on the GRR to DFW 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 Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth?
Only American Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 994 flights and 67.79% arriving on time.
How often are GRR to DFW flights cancelled?
3.54% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 35 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth?
November, when 79.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 57.1%.
When GRR to DFW flights are late, how late are they?
About 122 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 GRR to DFW 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 →