Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Birmingham
DFW → BHM
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Birmingham operates with a fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 76%. Over the course of its operation, it has experienced an average delay of 19.8 minutes per flight out of a total of 467 flights recorded. The destination airport serves approximately 2,653,207 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) → Birmingham (BHM) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 620 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 22 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.58%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 34.5/100 (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-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Birmingham: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Birmingham (BHM) heads east for about 959 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 37m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 40% of DFW-BHM flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Birmingham it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 620 tracked DFW-BHM flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 22 min and a 2.6% 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-BHM
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Birmingham (BHM) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 22 minutes, based on 620 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Birmingham is 2.58% across 620 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.
