On-Time Report

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Airport month · November 2024

Dallas Love Field in November 2024

80.2%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 5,973 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 80.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.3% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 5.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 6,307 departures with 81.0% leaving on time: a change of −0.8 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 83.5% of the time (5,972 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 17%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2024Nov 2023DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time80.2%81.0%67.4%85.2%
Arrived on time82.3%85.1%71.6%84.8%
Cancelled1.0%0.2%1.4%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)10.9 min9.0 min18.4 min10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day19921019319,180
Scheduled departures5,9736,30770,439575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines5,78197%82.0%2.9 min1.0%
DL Delta Air Lines1633%91.4%-0.5 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines290%75.9%2.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DAL–HOUDallas to Houston32983.0%3.8 min1.2%
DAL–ATLDallas to Atlanta29681.1%4.7 min0.7%
DAL–PHXDallas to Phoenix27180.1%6.4 min0.7%
DAL–DENDallas to Denver25878.7%0.1 min3.5%
DAL–LASDallas to Las Vegas25679.3%5.1 min0.4%
DAL–MCODallas to Orlando22883.3%3.7 min0.4%
DAL–SATDallas to San Antonio22086.8%-3.3 min1.4%
DAL–BNADallas to Nashville21580.9%1.8 min0.5%
DAL–AUSDallas to Austin19882.3%2.2 min1.0%
DAL–MDWDallas to Chicago18983.6%4.9 min2.1%
DAL–MSYDallas to New Orleans18883.5%6.6 min0.5%
DAL–STLDallas to St. Louis17284.3%-0.7 min0.6%

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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2024Minutes
Air carrier24.4%36.9%13,132
Late-arriving aircraft53.3%35.6%28,737
National Aviation System16.5%21.9%8,871
Extreme weather5.8%5.4%3,105
Security0.1%0.2%33
53,878 delay minutes on 995 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left DAL on time in November 2024?

80.2% of 5,973 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 81.0% of 6,307 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 80.2% and 1.0% in November 2024.

Provenance

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