Dallas Love Field in July 2025

63.9%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 6,349 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 63.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.3% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 5.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 6,447 departures with 65.6% leaving on time: a change of −1.7 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 71.3% of the time (6,349 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 67.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 31.0%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	63.9%	65.6%	67.4%	69.7%
Arrived on time	67.3%	69.7%	71.6%	69.0%
Cancelled	1.3%	0.8%	1.4%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.0 min	19.3 min	18.4 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	212	215	193	21,048
Scheduled departures	6,349	6,447	70,439	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	6,179	97%	66.9%	16.5 min	1.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	170	3%	81.8%	8.2 min	0.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	345	66.7%	19.5 min	0.6%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	315	76.2%	12.5 min	1.0%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	289	61.6%	19.6 min	1.7%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	255	73.7%	9.7 min	1.2%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	250	60.4%	22.4 min	0.4%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	228	72.8%	10.7 min	1.8%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	212	72.2%	10.0 min	1.4%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	209	66.0%	17.8 min	1.4%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	202	63.4%	21.3 min	2.0%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	197	73.1%	17.1 min	1.0%
DAL–BWI	Dallas to Baltimore	173	60.7%	29.1 min	3.5%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	168	68.5%	19.4 min	0.0%

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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	28.8%	31.1%	34,928
Late-arriving aircraft	48.3%	40.8%	58,548
National Aviation System	17.4%	20.7%	21,131
Extreme weather	5.2%	7.3%	6,360
Security	0.2%	0.1%	201

121,168 delay minutes on 1,968 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 July 2025?

63.9% of 6,349 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 65.6% of 6,447 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 63.9% and 1.3% in July 2025.

Provenance

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