Dallas Love Field in September 2025

78.6%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 5,518 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 78.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.7% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 4.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 5,602 departures with 82.3% leaving on time: a change of −3.7 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 84.0% of the time (5,520 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 81.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.0%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	78.6%	82.3%	67.4%	83.1%
Arrived on time	81.7%	81.7%	71.6%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.3%	1.4%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.4 min	8.7 min	18.4 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	184	187	193	18,748
Scheduled departures	5,518	5,602	70,439	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,356	97%	81.5%	3.7 min	0.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	162	3%	87.7%	-3.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	332	82.5%	2.1 min	0.3%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	305	87.2%	-3.4 min	0.3%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	223	69.1%	10.3 min	0.0%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	219	85.4%	-0.6 min	0.0%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	203	74.4%	8.7 min	1.5%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	198	82.3%	5.3 min	0.0%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	193	87.0%	0.6 min	0.0%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	190	77.4%	8.1 min	0.0%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	189	86.2%	-1.3 min	0.5%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	179	82.1%	2.4 min	0.0%
DAL–STL	Dallas to St. Louis	172	86.6%	0.4 min	0.0%
DAL–BWI	Dallas to Baltimore	159	84.3%	1.9 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	26.2%	34.3%	14,501
Late-arriving aircraft	51.2%	37.4%	28,357
National Aviation System	21.0%	22.6%	11,631
Extreme weather	1.6%	5.6%	910
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

55,399 delay minutes on 993 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 September 2025?

78.6% of 5,518 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 82.3% of 5,602 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 78.6% and 0.1% in September 2025.

Provenance

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