Dallas Love Field in September 2023

78.3%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 6,221 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 78.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.1% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 2.2 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 81.5% of the time (6,216 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 79.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.3%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	78.3%	—	67.4%	80.5%
Arrived on time	79.1%	—	71.6%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	1.4%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.3 min	—	18.4 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	207	—	193	18,978
Scheduled departures	6,221	—	70,439	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,912	95%	78.9%	5.2 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	244	4%	82.4%	3.8 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	65	1%	83.1%	-3.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	337	81.6%	1.5 min	0.6%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	316	84.2%	1.9 min	0.0%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	300	74.7%	8.7 min	0.0%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	253	77.1%	6.9 min	1.2%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	248	69.8%	12.9 min	0.4%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	237	88.2%	0.3 min	0.8%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	236	82.6%	1.4 min	0.0%
DAL–LAX	Dallas to Los Angeles	216	73.6%	9.3 min	0.5%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	204	78.4%	6.9 min	0.0%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	197	81.2%	5.2 min	0.0%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	197	77.7%	4.2 min	0.0%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	196	84.2%	4.9 min	0.5%

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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	27.1%	36.4%	16,097
Late-arriving aircraft	44.6%	38.3%	26,490
National Aviation System	22.3%	19.9%	13,245
Extreme weather	5.9%	5.1%	3,532
Security	0.1%	0.2%	52

59,416 delay minutes on 1,262 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 September 2023?

78.3% of 6,221 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.