Dallas Love Field in April 2025

72.3%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 6,067 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 72.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.2% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 8.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 6,080 departures with 72.7% leaving on time: a change of −0.4 points, with flights down 0%.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 77.9% of the time (6,068 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 74.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.5%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	72.3%	72.7%	67.4%	80.6%
Arrived on time	74.2%	75.7%	71.6%	79.5%
Cancelled	2.1%	1.0%	1.4%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.4 min	18.4 min	18.4 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	202	203	193	19,465
Scheduled departures	6,067	6,080	70,439	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,907	97%	74.2%	10.1 min	2.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	136	2%	72.8%	23.3 min	0.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	24	0%	83.3%	-5.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	352	73.6%	10.4 min	2.3%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	279	72.0%	19.0 min	1.8%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	266	77.8%	2.7 min	4.1%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	260	67.3%	15.7 min	2.7%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	259	80.3%	3.3 min	1.5%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	253	80.6%	3.1 min	1.6%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	230	72.2%	13.2 min	0.4%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	213	71.4%	14.1 min	2.3%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	200	74.0%	8.9 min	3.0%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	197	74.6%	12.2 min	2.0%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	195	75.4%	10.2 min	2.6%
DAL–STL	Dallas to St. Louis	181	79.0%	7.0 min	1.7%

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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	25.2%	32.7%	24,664
Late-arriving aircraft	46.2%	39.4%	45,222
National Aviation System	20.2%	22.2%	19,717
Extreme weather	8.4%	5.5%	8,209
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

97,812 delay minutes on 1,427 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 April 2025?

72.3% of 6,067 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 72.7% of 6,080 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 72.3% and 2.1% in April 2025.

Provenance

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