Dallas Love Field in December 2023

80.3%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 6,549 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 80.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.5% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 2.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 84.9% of the time (6,549 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 84.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.0%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	80.3%	—	67.4%	83.1%
Arrived on time	84.5%	—	71.6%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	1.4%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.7 min	—	18.4 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	218	—	193	19,013
Scheduled departures	6,549	—	70,439	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	6,306	96%	84.2%	0.1 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	187	3%	91.4%	-8.8 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	56	1%	94.6%	-12.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	340	90.9%	-4.4 min	0.3%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	304	84.5%	-2.4 min	0.0%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	275	88.7%	-2.4 min	0.0%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	270	82.2%	0.4 min	0.7%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	261	84.3%	-1.4 min	0.0%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	249	86.7%	-2.5 min	1.2%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	249	87.6%	-2.5 min	0.4%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	248	81.5%	4.5 min	0.0%
DAL–LAX	Dallas to Los Angeles	218	84.9%	-6.8 min	0.0%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	212	84.0%	1.5 min	0.0%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	211	83.4%	4.5 min	0.0%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	208	78.4%	4.2 min	2.4%

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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	38.5%	37.1%	16,196
Late-arriving aircraft	48.3%	38.8%	20,342
National Aviation System	12.6%	17.6%	5,308
Extreme weather	0.5%	6.2%	208
Security	0.1%	0.3%	61

42,115 delay minutes on 981 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 December 2023?

80.3% of 6,549 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.