Dallas Love Field in October 2025

71.5%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 6,100 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 71.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.2% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 8.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 6,140 departures with 83.2% leaving on time: a change of −11.7 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 78.2% of the time (6,097 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 55%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 75.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.9%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	71.5%	83.2%	67.4%	80.0%
Arrived on time	75.2%	84.2%	71.6%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.6%	1.4%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.8 min	7.9 min	18.4 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	203	205	193	20,195
Scheduled departures	6,100	6,140	70,439	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,930	97%	74.9%	9.8 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	170	3%	83.5%	5.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	353	80.2%	4.2 min	0.6%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	316	81.6%	6.7 min	0.0%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	259	72.6%	10.4 min	1.2%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	257	77.0%	8.3 min	1.9%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	254	86.2%	1.0 min	0.4%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	237	69.2%	14.6 min	0.4%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	228	73.2%	12.3 min	0.9%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	224	73.2%	8.3 min	1.3%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	212	67.5%	16.3 min	1.4%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	207	76.8%	4.8 min	0.5%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	195	79.0%	8.6 min	0.5%
DAL–MCI	Dallas to Kansas City	181	73.5%	9.2 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	30.5%	34.0%	25,268
Late-arriving aircraft	54.6%	39.7%	45,300
National Aviation System	13.1%	22.9%	10,876
Extreme weather	1.7%	3.3%	1,448
Security	0.0%	0.1%	34

82,926 delay minutes on 1,458 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 October 2025?

71.5% of 6,100 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 83.2% of 6,140 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 71.5% and 0.8% in October 2025.

Provenance

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