Dallas Love Field in February 2024

83.1%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 5,522 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 83.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.5% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 0.9 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 87.2% of the time (5,522 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 84.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.3%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from DAL in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	83.1%	—	67.4%	84.0%
Arrived on time	84.5%	—	71.6%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	1.4%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.4 min	—	18.4 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	184	—	193	17,307
Scheduled departures	5,522	—	70,439	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,346	97%	84.4%	0.2 min	0.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	151	3%	86.1%	-5.2 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	25	0%	88.0%	-4.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	319	89.7%	-5.6 min	0.6%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	257	76.7%	9.2 min	0.0%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	232	81.5%	1.7 min	0.4%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	228	93.0%	-5.1 min	0.0%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	224	83.5%	2.0 min	0.9%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	219	88.1%	-2.7 min	0.0%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	216	75.9%	10.6 min	0.9%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	199	88.4%	-5.9 min	0.0%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	191	84.3%	1.5 min	0.0%
DAL–LAX	Dallas to Los Angeles	168	69.6%	7.4 min	0.0%
DAL–STL	Dallas to St. Louis	166	89.2%	-4.4 min	0.0%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	162	90.7%	-2.5 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.7%	35.9%	13,354
Late-arriving aircraft	39.3%	36.9%	13,559
National Aviation System	21.1%	21.7%	7,259
Extreme weather	0.8%	5.3%	262
Security	0.1%	0.3%	48

34,482 delay minutes on 844 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 February 2024?

83.1% of 5,522 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.