Flights Dallas → Midland
DAL → MAF
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas to Midland operates with a Boeing 737-500 and has an on-time performance rate of 75%, with an average delay of 10.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 319 flights travel this route, serving the Midland airport which sees around 1.34 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) → Midland (MAF) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 445 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.35%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Midland the average ATFM delay is 3.0 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Midland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas (DAL) to Midland (MAF) heads west for about 513 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 4m.
Departures from Dallas on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 38% of DAL-MAF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Midland it is 3.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 445 tracked DAL-MAF flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 10 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about DAL-MAF
On the Dallas (DAL) -> Midland (MAF) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 445 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Midland is 1.35% across 445 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.
