Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Champaign
DFW → CMI
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Champaign operates with an 88% on-time performance, featuring a mean delay of just 3.9 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 178 flights using Embraer RJ145 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles around 219,756 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) → Champaign (CMI) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 240 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.92%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Champaign the average ATFM delay is 3.6 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Champaign: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Champaign (CMI) heads north-east for about 1,115 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 49m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 50% of DFW-CMI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Champaign it is 3.6 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 240 tracked DFW-CMI flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 2.9% 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-CMI
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Champaign (CMI) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 240 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Champaign is 2.92% across 240 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.
