Dallas Love Field in July 2024

65.6%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 6,447 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 65.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.7% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 2.9 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 71.9% of the time (6,447 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 69.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.1%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	65.6%	—	67.4%	68.5%
Arrived on time	69.7%	—	71.6%	68.1%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	1.4%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.3 min	—	18.4 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	215	—	193	21,154
Scheduled departures	6,447	—	70,439	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	6,210	96%	69.7%	12.0 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	206	3%	69.9%	23.8 min	6.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	0%	71.0%	4.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	362	67.4%	20.0 min	3.9%
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	346	59.0%	20.6 min	4.6%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	308	82.5%	2.5 min	0.0%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	262	74.8%	7.2 min	1.1%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	252	75.4%	9.2 min	0.0%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	249	65.5%	13.9 min	1.2%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	206	78.2%	5.0 min	0.5%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	201	68.7%	13.7 min	1.0%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	201	73.1%	9.9 min	0.5%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	196	71.9%	11.0 min	0.5%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	182	65.9%	12.4 min	0.5%
DAL–MCI	Dallas to Kansas City	174	67.2%	12.6 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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	32.9%	36.6%	33,916
Late-arriving aircraft	51.2%	42.7%	52,755
National Aviation System	14.1%	16.0%	14,519
Extreme weather	0.8%	4.6%	788
Security	1.0%	0.1%	1,018

102,996 delay minutes on 1,873 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 July 2024?

65.6% of 6,447 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.