Flights Dallas → Lubbock
DAL → LBB
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas to Lubbock operates with a Boeing 737-500 and has a punctuality rate of 75%, with an average delay of 10.6 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 356 flights are conducted on this route, serving the destination airport which sees around one million 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 Dallas (DAL) → Lubbock (LBB) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 487 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.64%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Lubbock the average ATFM delay is 2.4 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Lubbock: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas (DAL) to Lubbock (LBB) heads west for about 471 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 1m.
Departures from Dallas on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 43% of DAL-LBB flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Lubbock it is 2.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 487 tracked DAL-LBB flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 12 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-LBB
On the Dallas (DAL) -> Lubbock (LBB) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 487 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Lubbock is 1.64% across 487 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.
