Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Austin
DFW → AUS
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Austin operates with an on-time performance rate of 67%, with flights experiencing an average delay of 21.6 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately eleven hundred and thirty-three flights using aircraft such as the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 and Boeing 737-800, serving a destination airport that handles nearly twenty-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-Fort Worth (DFW) → Austin (AUS) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 1514 flights monitored in recent months, 67% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 23 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.72%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28.7/100 (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-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Austin: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Austin (AUS) heads south for about 306 km, a flight time of roughly 48m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 42% of DFW-AUS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Austin it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,514 tracked DFW-AUS flights, 67% left on time with an average delay of 23 min and a 1.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-AUS
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Austin (AUS) route, on-time performance is 67% with an average delay of 23 minutes, based on 1514 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Austin is 1.72% across 1514 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
