Dallas Love Field in May 2024

59.9%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 6,207 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 59.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 61.4% reached their destination on time; 3.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 13.5 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 65.2% of the time (6,207 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, air carrier 21% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 61.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 35.0%
Cancelled 3.2%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	59.9%	—	67.4%	73.4%
Arrived on time	61.4%	—	71.6%	72.3%
Cancelled	3.2%	—	1.4%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.2 min	—	18.4 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	207	—	193	20,325
Scheduled departures	6,207	—	70,439	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,998	97%	61.0%	23.2 min	3.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	180	3%	73.9%	22.0 min	0.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	29	0%	72.4%	1.3 min	3.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	354	51.1%	33.2 min	5.4%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	324	68.5%	20.8 min	1.9%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	283	58.7%	26.5 min	2.8%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	270	54.1%	26.2 min	4.8%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	262	57.6%	21.9 min	3.8%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	256	60.9%	19.1 min	4.3%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	232	62.9%	22.2 min	4.7%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	232	61.2%	20.6 min	3.9%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	204	62.7%	23.1 min	3.4%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	204	68.6%	16.3 min	3.4%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	201	58.7%	21.2 min	4.0%
DAL–MCI	Dallas to Kansas City	180	60.6%	21.9 min	3.3%

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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	21.0%	29.8%	32,930
Late-arriving aircraft	57.6%	43.0%	90,272
National Aviation System	15.2%	20.1%	23,851
Extreme weather	6.1%	7.0%	9,503
Security	0.0%	0.1%	39

156,595 delay minutes on 2,171 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 May 2024?

59.9% of 6,207 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 61.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.