Dallas Love Field in October 2024

83.2%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 6,140 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 83.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.2% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 2.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 6,591 departures with 77.0% leaving on time: a change of +6.2 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 87.0% of the time (6,138 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 84.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.1%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	83.2%	77.0%	67.4%	85.5%
Arrived on time	84.2%	80.5%	71.6%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.5%	1.4%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.9 min	11.8 min	18.4 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	205	220	193	20,517
Scheduled departures	6,140	6,591	70,439	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,933	97%	83.9%	0.6 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	176	3%	90.9%	-4.3 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	1%	90.3%	-2.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	367	81.2%	1.6 min	0.8%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	316	84.8%	-0.4 min	0.3%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	278	87.8%	-1.1 min	0.4%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	268	87.7%	-2.6 min	0.0%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	251	88.0%	-3.4 min	0.0%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	237	88.6%	-3.2 min	0.0%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	224	81.7%	3.4 min	0.4%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	224	79.5%	0.3 min	7.6%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	215	86.5%	-1.7 min	0.0%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	203	83.3%	3.2 min	0.5%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	196	78.6%	3.4 min	0.0%
DAL–STL	Dallas to St. Louis	184	83.2%	1.7 min	0.5%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	39.1%	42.7%	14,435
Late-arriving aircraft	41.4%	37.4%	15,285
National Aviation System	19.3%	16.3%	7,107
Extreme weather	0.2%	3.4%	59
Security	0.0%	0.2%	15

36,901 delay minutes on 928 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 October 2024?

83.2% of 6,140 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 77.0% of 6,591 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 83.2% and 0.6% in October 2024.

Provenance

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