Dallas Love Field in February 2025

80.3%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 5,343 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 80.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.5% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 5,522 departures with 83.1% leaving on time: a change of −2.8 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 85.1% of the time (5,343 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 82.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.8%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from DAL in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	80.3%	83.1%	67.4%	79.2%
Arrived on time	82.5%	84.5%	71.6%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.1%	1.4%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.6 min	8.4 min	18.4 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	178	184	193	16,830
Scheduled departures	5,343	5,522	70,439	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,197	97%	82.5%	0.7 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	126	2%	81.0%	2.5 min	1.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	20	0%	70.0%	16.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	321	80.4%	1.7 min	0.0%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	247	82.2%	0.9 min	1.2%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	241	81.3%	3.7 min	0.8%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	234	89.7%	-7.4 min	0.9%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	221	86.0%	-2.3 min	0.9%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	214	85.5%	-0.5 min	0.0%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	200	80.0%	4.2 min	0.5%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	191	77.5%	6.5 min	0.5%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	190	86.3%	-2.0 min	0.5%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	178	83.1%	-0.6 min	1.7%
DAL–STL	Dallas to St. Louis	160	90.0%	-3.1 min	0.0%
DAL–MCI	Dallas to Kansas City	154	79.9%	4.4 min	0.6%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	34.7%	33.9%	15,678
Late-arriving aircraft	42.2%	36.9%	19,077
National Aviation System	21.6%	22.5%	9,756
Extreme weather	1.3%	6.6%	582
Security	0.3%	0.1%	142

45,235 delay minutes on 900 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 February 2025?

80.3% of 5,343 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 83.1% of 5,522 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 80.3% and 0.4% in February 2025.

Provenance

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