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Airport month · April 2024
Dallas Love Field in April 2024
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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 6,080 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 72.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.7% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 7.8 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 77.0% of the time (6,080 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 61%, air carrier 21% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 75.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.2%
- Cancelled 1.0%
- Diverted 0.1%
April 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2024 | Year earlier | DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 72.7% | — | 67.4% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 75.7% | — | 71.6% | 80.2% |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | — | 1.4% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.4 min | — | 18.4 min | 14.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 203 | — | 193 | 19,406 |
| Scheduled departures | 6,080 | — | 70,439 | 582,185 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 5,871 | 97% | 75.5% | 10.5 min | 1.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 173 | 3% | 79.8% | 9.9 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 36 | 1% | 88.9% | -6.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL–HOU | Dallas to Houston | 345 | 73.3% | 9.3 min | 2.6% |
| DAL–PHX | Dallas to Phoenix | 268 | 76.9% | 10.4 min | 1.1% |
| DAL–ATL | Dallas to Atlanta | 265 | 77.4% | 11.2 min | 0.8% |
| DAL–DEN | Dallas to Denver | 261 | 74.3% | 12.9 min | 0.8% |
| DAL–LAS | Dallas to Las Vegas | 254 | 74.4% | 11.2 min | 0.8% |
| DAL–SAT | Dallas to San Antonio | 250 | 77.6% | 6.1 min | 2.0% |
| DAL–MCO | Dallas to Orlando | 226 | 72.6% | 10.0 min | 2.2% |
| DAL–AUS | Dallas to Austin | 224 | 73.2% | 9.7 min | 1.3% |
| DAL–BNA | Dallas to Nashville | 200 | 77.5% | 8.0 min | 0.5% |
| DAL–MSY | Dallas to New Orleans | 198 | 73.2% | 10.7 min | 2.0% |
| DAL–LAX | Dallas to Los Angeles | 192 | 74.0% | 13.9 min | 0.0% |
| DAL–MDW | Dallas to Chicago | 187 | 81.8% | 8.6 min | 1.1% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DAL on time in April 2024?
72.7% of 6,080 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
April 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 April 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.