Dallas Love Field in August 2024

78.1%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 5,891 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 78.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.5% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 6,611 departures with 77.2% leaving on time: a change of +0.9 points, with flights down 11%.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 80.8% of the time (5,891 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 80.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	78.1%	77.2%	67.4%	75.4%
Arrived on time	80.5%	80.6%	71.6%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.9%	1.4%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.9 min	11.0 min	18.4 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	196	220	193	20,634
Scheduled departures	5,891	6,611	70,439	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,692	97%	80.3%	3.8 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	168	3%	91.1%	2.3 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	1%	61.3%	6.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	354	81.9%	1.7 min	1.4%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	312	86.9%	3.5 min	0.0%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	271	79.7%	3.4 min	0.4%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	232	86.2%	-2.5 min	0.0%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	231	85.3%	-0.3 min	0.0%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	210	84.8%	-2.5 min	0.0%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	207	86.5%	0.6 min	0.0%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	205	83.9%	-1.1 min	0.0%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	199	80.9%	5.2 min	0.0%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	183	66.1%	16.0 min	2.7%
DAL–STL	Dallas to St. Louis	176	86.4%	2.0 min	0.6%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	175	78.9%	6.7 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	32.9%	33.8%	18,626
Late-arriving aircraft	46.5%	39.8%	26,308
National Aviation System	18.2%	20.4%	10,292
Extreme weather	1.2%	5.9%	673
Security	1.2%	0.1%	682

56,581 delay minutes on 1,102 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 August 2024?

78.1% of 5,891 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 77.2% of 6,611 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 78.1% and 0.5% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.