Dallas Love Field in September 2024

82.3%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 5,602 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 82.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.7% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 2.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 6,221 departures with 78.3% leaving on time: a change of +4.0 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 83.6% of the time (5,604 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 81.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.9%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	82.3%	78.3%	67.4%	84.4%
Arrived on time	81.7%	79.1%	71.6%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.4%	1.4%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.7 min	11.3 min	18.4 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	187	207	193	19,421
Scheduled departures	5,602	6,221	70,439	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,403	96%	81.7%	1.7 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	169	3%	82.2%	8.5 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	1%	80.0%	-2.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	340	80.3%	2.4 min	0.6%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	306	83.3%	5.4 min	0.0%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	257	81.3%	0.6 min	0.0%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	222	81.1%	2.7 min	0.0%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	219	77.6%	4.6 min	0.0%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	204	82.4%	1.7 min	0.0%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	199	81.9%	1.7 min	0.0%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	199	83.4%	-0.7 min	1.0%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	192	86.5%	-1.2 min	0.0%
DAL–STL	Dallas to St. Louis	170	88.8%	-0.9 min	0.0%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	168	72.6%	5.3 min	4.2%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	167	78.4%	4.0 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	28.8%	38.6%	11,703
Late-arriving aircraft	46.7%	38.4%	19,003
National Aviation System	21.5%	18.2%	8,724
Extreme weather	2.7%	4.8%	1,095
Security	0.3%	0.1%	136

40,661 delay minutes on 1,003 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 September 2024?

82.3% of 5,602 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 78.3% of 6,221 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 82.3% and 0.3% in September 2024.

Provenance

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