Dallas Love Field in August 2025

72.4%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 5,730 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 72.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.9% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 4.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 5,891 departures with 78.1% leaving on time: a change of −5.7 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 77.8% of the time (5,727 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 74.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.3%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	72.4%	78.1%	67.4%	76.8%
Arrived on time	74.9%	80.5%	71.6%	76.3%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.5%	1.4%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.3 min	11.9 min	18.4 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	191	196	193	20,079
Scheduled departures	5,730	5,891	70,439	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,561	97%	74.6%	9.2 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	169	3%	84.0%	8.7 min	2.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	344	72.7%	10.0 min	0.9%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	313	80.2%	9.2 min	1.9%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	237	62.9%	15.5 min	0.0%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	218	77.1%	3.6 min	0.5%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	209	80.9%	1.5 min	0.5%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	208	82.2%	1.4 min	0.5%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	199	78.4%	10.1 min	0.5%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	192	71.4%	14.5 min	0.0%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	190	80.0%	6.7 min	0.0%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	180	72.2%	10.8 min	0.0%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	172	64.0%	17.7 min	1.7%
DAL–STL	Dallas to St. Louis	172	75.6%	8.4 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	24.5%	33.1%	20,868
Late-arriving aircraft	50.7%	40.5%	43,141
National Aviation System	19.2%	19.2%	16,326
Extreme weather	5.5%	7.0%	4,646
Security	0.1%	0.1%	61

85,042 delay minutes on 1,391 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 August 2025?

72.4% of 5,730 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 78.1% of 5,891 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 72.4% and 0.5% in August 2025.

Provenance

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