Flights Amarillo → Dallas
AMA → DAL
Route overview
The flight route from Amarillo to Dallas operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 85%. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 297 flights using Boeing 737 aircraft models - specifically the 737-500 and 737-300 variants. On average, these flights experience a delay of just over six minutes per departure. Dallas, the destination city, is a major travel hub with nearly 17.6 million passengers passing through its airport annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Amarillo (AMA) → Dallas (DAL) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 411 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.97%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Amarillo the average ATFM delay is 2.3 minutes.
Heading to Dallas: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Amarillo (AMA) to Dallas (DAL) heads south-east for about 520 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 4m.
Departures from Amarillo on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 51% of AMA-DAL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Amarillo the average ATFM delay is 2.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Dallas it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 411 tracked AMA-DAL flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 1.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about AMA-DAL
On the Amarillo (AMA) -> Dallas (DAL) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 411 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Amarillo-Dallas is 0.97% across 411 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
