Dallas Love Field in November 2025

71.1%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 5,799 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 71.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.2% reached their destination on time; 2.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 7.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 5,973 departures with 80.2% leaving on time: a change of −9.1 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 76.7% of the time (5,799 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 22%.

On time 74.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.0%
Cancelled 2.7%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	71.1%	80.2%	67.4%	78.1%
Arrived on time	74.2%	82.3%	71.6%	77.3%
Cancelled	2.7%	1.0%	1.4%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.8 min	10.9 min	18.4 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	193	199	193	19,018
Scheduled departures	5,799	5,973	70,439	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,644	97%	74.1%	8.5 min	2.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	155	3%	77.4%	8.9 min	2.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	323	69.3%	9.1 min	5.6%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	283	76.0%	11.9 min	2.8%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	263	66.9%	11.7 min	5.3%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	257	76.7%	4.6 min	2.7%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	234	70.5%	10.5 min	5.1%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	229	76.9%	4.3 min	1.3%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	222	74.8%	10.0 min	2.3%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	204	75.0%	8.5 min	2.0%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	202	77.2%	6.6 min	1.5%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	183	71.6%	10.6 min	1.1%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	177	68.9%	11.0 min	5.6%
DAL–MCI	Dallas to Kansas City	172	79.7%	6.6 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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	24.6%	30.2%	20,292
Late-arriving aircraft	50.9%	38.3%	41,951
National Aviation System	21.5%	26.7%	17,681
Extreme weather	2.8%	4.6%	2,269
Security	0.2%	0.1%	203

82,396 delay minutes on 1,331 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 November 2025?

71.1% of 5,799 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 80.2% of 5,973 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 71.1% and 2.7% in November 2025.

Provenance

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