Flights Dallas → Birmingham
DAL → BHM
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas to Birmingham has a punctuality rate of 69%, with an average delay of 15.7 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 2.65 million passengers pass through the destination airport, indicating significant traffic and demand for this route.
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) → Birmingham (BHM) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 303 flights monitored in recent months, 70% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.65%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Birmingham: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas (DAL) to Birmingham (BHM) heads east for about 942 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 36m.
Departures from Dallas on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 37% of DAL-BHM flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Birmingham it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 303 tracked DAL-BHM flights, 70% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 1.6% 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 DAL-BHM
On the Dallas (DAL) -> Birmingham (BHM) route, on-time performance is 70% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 303 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Birmingham is 1.65% 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.
