Flights Jacksonville → Dallas-Fort Worth
JAX → DFW
Route overview
The flight route from Jacksonville to Dallas-Fort Worth operates with a high frequency of 434 flights, utilizing McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft. With an on-time performance rate of 76%, the average delay is approximately 16 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic, which sees over 87 million passengers per year.
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 Jacksonville (JAX) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 565 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.24%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.3/100 (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 Jacksonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Dallas-Fort Worth: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Jacksonville (JAX) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) heads west for about 1,475 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 16m.
Departures from Jacksonville on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 43% of JAX-DFW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Jacksonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Dallas-Fort Worth it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 565 tracked JAX-DFW flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 1.2% 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 JAX-DFW
On the Jacksonville (JAX) -> Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 565 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Jacksonville-Dallas-Fort Worth is 1.24% across 565 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.
