Flights Fresno → Dallas-Fort Worth
FAT → DFW
Route overview
The flight route from Fresno to Dallas-Fort Worth has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with an average delay of 18.9 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 278 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, which handles around 87,817,864 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 Fresno (FAT) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 390 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.54%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Fresno the average ATFM delay is 2.6 minutes.
Heading to Dallas-Fort Worth: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fresno (FAT) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) heads east for about 2,109 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 3m.
Departures from Fresno on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 83% of FAT-DFW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fresno the average ATFM delay is 2.6 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Dallas-Fort Worth it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 390 tracked FAT-DFW flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 1.5% 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 FAT-DFW
On the Fresno (FAT) -> Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 390 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fresno-Dallas-Fort Worth is 1.54% across 390 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.
