Flights Dallas → Austin
DAL → AUS
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas to Austin operates with a Boeing 737-500 and Boeing 737-300 aircraft, serving the high-traffic Austin airport which handles over twenty-one million passengers annually. With seventy-five percent of flights arriving on time and an average delay of twelve minutes, this route maintains relatively good punctuality despite occasional delays.
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 Dallas (DAL) → Austin (AUS) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 812 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.35%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Austin: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas (DAL) to Austin (AUS) heads south for about 304 km, a flight time of roughly 48m.
Departures from Dallas on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 41% of DAL-AUS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Austin it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 812 tracked DAL-AUS flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 1.4% 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% |
Airlines operating DAL-AUS
Frequently asked questions about DAL-AUS
On the Dallas (DAL) -> Austin (AUS) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 812 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Austin is 1.35% across 812 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.
