Flights Ontario → Dallas-Fort Worth
ONT → DFW
Route overview
The flight route from Ontario to Dallas-Fort Worth operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 88%. Over the course of a year, this route sees 516 flights using McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft, with each flight experiencing an average delay of 7.7 minutes. The destination airport serves over 87 million passengers annually, indicating its significance as a major travel hub.
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 Ontario (ONT) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 693 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.30%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.1/100 (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 Ontario the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Dallas-Fort Worth: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Ontario (ONT) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) heads east for about 1,908 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 48m.
Departures from Ontario on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 55% of ONT-DFW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Ontario the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Dallas-Fort Worth it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 693 tracked ONT-DFW flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 1.3% 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 ONT-DFW
On the Ontario (ONT) -> Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 693 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Ontario-Dallas-Fort Worth is 1.30% across 693 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.
