Dallas Love Field in May 2025

65.3%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 6,186 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 65.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.3% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 11.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 6,207 departures with 59.9% leaving on time: a change of +5.4 points, with flights down 0%.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 73.1% of the time (6,187 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 69.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.7%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	65.3%	59.9%	67.4%	76.7%
Arrived on time	69.3%	61.4%	71.6%	75.4%
Cancelled	1.8%	3.2%	1.4%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.1 min	28.2 min	18.4 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	206	207	193	20,188
Scheduled departures	6,186	6,207	70,439	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	6,011	97%	69.4%	14.7 min	1.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	165	3%	66.7%	17.4 min	0.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	10	0%	40.0%	17.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	359	70.8%	11.4 min	2.2%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	309	68.6%	16.3 min	2.9%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	275	69.1%	15.7 min	2.2%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	266	77.4%	6.7 min	2.3%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	257	73.2%	12.1 min	2.3%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	254	61.4%	21.7 min	2.4%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	234	63.7%	14.1 min	2.6%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	219	68.9%	15.6 min	2.7%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	205	72.2%	11.4 min	3.4%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	203	68.0%	19.5 min	1.0%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	201	73.6%	11.2 min	2.5%
DAL–MCI	Dallas to Kansas City	179	69.8%	14.4 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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	26.1%	29.3%	30,889
Late-arriving aircraft	53.1%	37.8%	62,868
National Aviation System	17.0%	25.9%	20,080
Extreme weather	3.8%	6.9%	4,524
Security	0.1%	0.1%	97

118,458 delay minutes on 1,774 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 May 2025?

65.3% of 6,186 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 59.9% of 6,207 departures left on time and 3.2% were cancelled, against 65.3% and 1.8% in May 2025.

Provenance

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