Flights Birmingham → Dallas
BHM → DAL
Route overview
The flight route from Birmingham to Dallas operates with a total of 240 flights, achieving an on-time performance rate of 76%. With an average delay of 14.4 minutes when departures are not on time, the route serves the high-traffic Dallas airport which handles nearly 17,591,609 passengers 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 Birmingham (BHM) → Dallas (DAL) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 303 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.32%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.1/100 (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 Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Dallas: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Birmingham (BHM) to Dallas (DAL) heads west for about 942 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 36m.
Departures from Birmingham on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 45% of BHM-DAL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Dallas it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 303 tracked BHM-DAL flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 1.3% 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 BHM-DAL
On the Birmingham (BHM) -> Dallas (DAL) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 303 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Birmingham-Dallas is 1.32% across 303 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.
