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Airport month · December 2025
Dallas Love Field in December 2025
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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 6,070 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 72.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.3% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so DAL departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 6,228 departures with 70.9% leaving on time: a change of +1.1 points, with flights down 3%.
Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 79.3% of the time (6,069 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 12%.
- On time 78.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.2%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 72.0% | 70.9% | 67.4% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 78.3% | 73.8% | 71.6% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.0 min | 22.8 min | 18.4 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 202 | 208 | 193 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 6,070 | 6,228 | 70,439 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 5,926 | 98% | 78.2% | 5.4 min | 0.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 144 | 2% | 82.6% | 5.5 min | 1.4% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL–HOU | Dallas to Houston | 314 | 82.5% | -0.5 min | 1.0% |
| DAL–PHX | Dallas to Phoenix | 276 | 83.7% | -2.0 min | 1.1% |
| DAL–ATL | Dallas to Atlanta | 270 | 83.3% | 3.4 min | 0.7% |
| DAL–LAS | Dallas to Las Vegas | 257 | 79.0% | 3.6 min | 0.4% |
| DAL–DEN | Dallas to Denver | 255 | 70.6% | 14.4 min | 0.0% |
| DAL–MCO | Dallas to Orlando | 236 | 75.8% | 10.8 min | 0.4% |
| DAL–SAT | Dallas to San Antonio | 227 | 82.8% | 1.9 min | 0.0% |
| DAL–BNA | Dallas to Nashville | 211 | 81.5% | 3.5 min | 0.5% |
| DAL–MDW | Dallas to Chicago | 191 | 72.3% | 10.6 min | 0.5% |
| DAL–MSY | Dallas to New Orleans | 190 | 80.0% | 2.8 min | 0.0% |
| DAL–AUS | Dallas to Austin | 185 | 82.2% | -0.7 min | 0.0% |
| DAL–MCI | Dallas to Kansas City | 180 | 78.9% | 4.8 min | 0.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DAL on time in December 2025?
72.0% of 6,070 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 70.9% of 6,228 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 72.0% and 0.4% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.