Airports › Dallas (DAL) › January 2025
Airport month · January 2025
Dallas Love Field in January 2025
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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 5,755 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 77.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.0% reached their destination on time; 5.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 2.1 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 6,037 departures with 70.4% leaving on time: a change of +6.8 points, with flights down 5%.
Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 80.2% of the time (5,754 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 29% and extreme weather 14%.
- On time 81.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.7%
- Cancelled 5.1%
- Diverted 0.1%
January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.2% | 70.4% | 67.4% | 79.3% |
| Arrived on time | 81.0% | 73.6% | 71.6% | 78.6% |
| Cancelled | 5.1% | 3.5% | 1.4% | 3.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.6 min | 14.8 min | 18.4 min | 14.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 192 | 201 | 193 | 17,992 |
| Scheduled departures | 5,755 | 6,037 | 70,439 | 539,747 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 5,594 | 97% | 81.1% | -0.7 min | 5.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 137 | 2% | 79.6% | 17.6 min | 2.9% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 24 | 0% | 75.0% | 5.3 min | 4.2% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL–HOU | Dallas to Houston | 346 | 78.6% | -1.0 min | 9.5% |
| DAL–PHX | Dallas to Phoenix | 264 | 78.4% | 0.7 min | 4.5% |
| DAL–ATL | Dallas to Atlanta | 263 | 79.8% | 10.3 min | 3.8% |
| DAL–DEN | Dallas to Denver | 255 | 84.7% | -1.6 min | 3.9% |
| DAL–LAS | Dallas to Las Vegas | 247 | 81.4% | -1.7 min | 4.5% |
| DAL–SAT | Dallas to San Antonio | 233 | 79.8% | -1.2 min | 5.2% |
| DAL–MCO | Dallas to Orlando | 213 | 82.6% | 2.6 min | 3.3% |
| DAL–AUS | Dallas to Austin | 206 | 84.0% | -4.0 min | 4.4% |
| DAL–BNA | Dallas to Nashville | 195 | 83.1% | -3.3 min | 5.6% |
| DAL–MSY | Dallas to New Orleans | 192 | 77.1% | 0.5 min | 12.0% |
| DAL–STL | Dallas to St. Louis | 176 | 73.9% | -1.3 min | 11.4% |
| DAL–MCI | Dallas to Kansas City | 162 | 74.7% | 3.5 min | 10.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DAL on time in January 2025?
77.2% of 5,755 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2024, 70.4% of 6,037 departures left on time and 3.5% were cancelled, against 77.2% and 5.1% in January 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.