Dallas Love Field in March 2025

76.1%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 6,244 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 76.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.2% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 3.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 6,272 departures with 73.2% leaving on time: a change of +2.9 points, with flights down 0%.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 81.9% of the time (6,243 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 78.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.3%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	76.1%	73.2%	67.4%	79.9%
Arrived on time	78.2%	76.5%	71.6%	79.3%
Cancelled	1.3%	0.7%	1.4%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.1 min	14.8 min	18.4 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	208	209	193	20,029
Scheduled departures	6,244	6,272	70,439	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	6,079	97%	78.1%	5.7 min	1.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	142	2%	83.8%	-0.4 min	0.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	23	0%	65.2%	10.2 min	4.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	361	75.1%	7.2 min	2.2%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	294	80.6%	3.0 min	1.0%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	279	77.8%	5.9 min	1.1%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	271	80.8%	4.3 min	1.8%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	257	77.0%	7.7 min	0.4%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	252	85.3%	-2.0 min	1.2%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	238	75.6%	11.3 min	1.3%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	218	79.4%	6.3 min	1.4%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	210	74.8%	8.5 min	1.0%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	200	81.5%	0.3 min	2.5%
DAL–MCI	Dallas to Kansas City	183	82.5%	0.1 min	1.6%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	180	75.6%	8.9 min	2.2%

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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	33.4%	33.0%	24,200
Late-arriving aircraft	43.8%	39.2%	31,765
National Aviation System	15.3%	21.9%	11,085
Extreme weather	7.4%	5.9%	5,394
Security	0.2%	0.1%	114

72,558 delay minutes on 1,267 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 March 2025?

76.1% of 6,244 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 73.2% of 6,272 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 76.1% and 1.3% in March 2025.

Provenance

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