Flights Harlingen → Dallas
HRL → DAL
Route overview
The flight route from Harlingen to Dallas operates with a Boeing 737-500 and has an on-time performance rate of 82%, with an average delay of 7.6 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 17,591,609 passengers pass through the destination airport in Dallas, indicating high traffic and demand for air travel along this route.
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 Harlingen (HRL) → Dallas (DAL) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 97 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.03%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Harlingen the average ATFM delay is 3.3 minutes.
Heading to Dallas: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Harlingen (HRL) to Dallas (DAL) heads north for about 740 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 21m.
Departures from Harlingen on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 65% of HRL-DAL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Harlingen the average ATFM delay is 3.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Dallas it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 97 tracked HRL-DAL flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 1.0% 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 HRL-DAL
On the Harlingen (HRL) -> Dallas (DAL) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 97 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Harlingen-Dallas is 1.03% across 97 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.
