Dallas Love Field in November 2023

81.0%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 6,307 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 81.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.1% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 5.0 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 86.4% of the time (6,309 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 41% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 85.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.6%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	81.0%	—	67.4%	86.0%
Arrived on time	85.1%	—	71.6%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	1.4%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.0 min	—	18.4 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	210	—	193	18,793
Scheduled departures	6,307	—	70,439	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	6,024	96%	85.0%	-1.1 min	0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	226	4%	86.3%	0.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	57	1%	93.0%	-12.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	331	87.0%	-3.0 min	0.3%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	293	86.0%	1.2 min	0.3%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	288	86.1%	-1.7 min	0.3%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	259	86.9%	-2.8 min	0.4%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	253	83.0%	-1.9 min	0.4%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	243	84.8%	0.2 min	0.0%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	242	87.6%	-2.0 min	0.0%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	236	83.9%	2.6 min	0.4%
DAL–LAX	Dallas to Los Angeles	224	82.1%	-1.8 min	0.0%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	203	78.3%	6.6 min	0.0%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	202	88.1%	-3.1 min	0.0%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	197	85.3%	-0.3 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	46.0%	42.5%	16,963
Late-arriving aircraft	41.4%	37.3%	15,274
National Aviation System	11.4%	16.2%	4,193
Extreme weather	0.9%	3.7%	350
Security	0.2%	0.3%	78

36,858 delay minutes on 922 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 November 2023?

81.0% of 6,307 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.