Dallas Love Field in October 2023

77.0%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 6,591 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 77.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.5% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 6.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 81.8% of the time (6,591 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 80.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.9%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	77.0%	—	67.4%	83.8%
Arrived on time	80.5%	—	71.6%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	1.4%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.8 min	—	18.4 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	220	—	193	19,966
Scheduled departures	6,591	—	70,439	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	6,272	95%	80.0%	4.2 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	257	4%	89.9%	-6.4 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	62	1%	91.9%	-13.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	356	76.4%	6.3 min	1.4%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	331	84.3%	0.4 min	0.0%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	297	77.8%	6.4 min	0.7%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	271	77.1%	7.1 min	0.7%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	263	76.4%	7.5 min	0.0%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	253	84.2%	2.0 min	0.4%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	248	77.8%	2.9 min	1.2%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	240	77.9%	6.0 min	0.8%
DAL–LAX	Dallas to Los Angeles	228	82.5%	0.7 min	0.0%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	218	79.4%	5.1 min	0.5%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	214	79.0%	4.9 min	1.4%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	205	81.5%	5.8 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	32.1%	41.3%	19,238
Late-arriving aircraft	46.0%	40.5%	27,515
National Aviation System	16.7%	14.4%	10,009
Extreme weather	4.9%	3.7%	2,926
Security	0.3%	0.2%	167

59,855 delay minutes on 1,246 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 October 2023?

77.0% of 6,591 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.