Dallas Love Field in December 2024

70.9%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 6,228 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 70.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.8% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 6.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 6,549 departures with 80.3% leaving on time: a change of −9.4 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 75.8% of the time (6,228 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 66%, air carrier 19% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 73.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.3%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	70.9%	80.3%	67.4%	77.8%
Arrived on time	73.8%	84.5%	71.6%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.4%	1.4%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.8 min	9.7 min	18.4 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	208	218	193	19,686
Scheduled departures	6,228	6,549	70,439	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	6,039	97%	73.6%	15.4 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	158	3%	78.5%	17.0 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	0%	83.9%	-8.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	327	70.6%	17.9 min	0.9%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	287	76.7%	15.9 min	0.3%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	278	74.8%	15.7 min	0.4%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	272	76.5%	11.5 min	1.1%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	251	79.3%	9.7 min	0.8%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	239	73.2%	19.2 min	1.3%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	220	77.7%	10.0 min	1.8%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	215	74.0%	15.2 min	0.0%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	200	75.0%	12.9 min	1.5%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	195	72.8%	15.5 min	1.0%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	190	80.5%	11.4 min	0.5%
DAL–MCI	Dallas to Kansas City	182	75.8%	14.9 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	19.3%	34.3%	24,349
Late-arriving aircraft	65.7%	40.2%	82,781
National Aviation System	10.0%	17.8%	12,545
Extreme weather	5.0%	7.5%	6,309
Security	0.0%	0.2%	49

126,033 delay minutes on 1,574 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 December 2024?

70.9% of 6,228 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 80.3% of 6,549 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 70.9% and 0.7% in December 2024.

Provenance

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