Dallas Love Field in August 2023

77.2%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 6,611 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 77.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.6% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 0.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 80.4% of the time (6,611 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 80.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from DAL in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	77.2%	—	67.4%	76.7%
Arrived on time	80.6%	—	71.6%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.9%	—	1.4%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.0 min	—	18.4 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	220	—	193	20,100
Scheduled departures	6,611	—	70,439	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	6,259	95%	80.7%	3.0 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	265	4%	76.6%	13.3 min	1.9%
AS Alaska Airlines	87	1%	85.1%	-6.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	356	83.7%	-0.3 min	1.1%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	333	77.8%	9.7 min	0.6%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	323	74.0%	6.4 min	0.9%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	267	77.2%	3.7 min	2.6%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	258	83.3%	3.7 min	0.4%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	257	87.5%	1.8 min	0.0%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	255	85.9%	-1.1 min	1.6%
DAL–LAX	Dallas to Los Angeles	234	73.9%	11.1 min	1.3%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	229	83.8%	1.9 min	0.9%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	213	73.7%	7.2 min	0.0%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	197	84.3%	3.1 min	0.0%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	195	86.2%	0.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	34.0%	36.7%	18,530
Late-arriving aircraft	45.3%	42.2%	24,723
National Aviation System	19.1%	15.7%	10,395
Extreme weather	1.2%	5.1%	633
Security	0.4%	0.2%	237

54,518 delay minutes on 1,206 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left DAL on time in August 2023?

77.2% of 6,611 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for DAL · methodology · corrections.