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Airport month · January 2026
Dallas Love Field in January 2026
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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 5,470 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 74.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.0% reached their destination on time; 5.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 0.7 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 5,755 departures with 77.2% leaving on time: a change of −2.3 points, with flights down 5%.
Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 80.5% of the time (5,470 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 78.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.3%
- Cancelled 5.5%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 74.9% | 77.2% | 67.4% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 78.0% | 81.0% | 71.6% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 5.5% | 5.1% | 1.4% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.0 min | 10.6 min | 18.4 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 182 | 192 | 193 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 5,470 | 5,755 | 70,439 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 5,332 | 97% | 78.1% | 1.2 min | 5.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 138 | 3% | 73.2% | 3.5 min | 7.2% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL–HOU | Dallas to Houston | 341 | 82.7% | -5.1 min | 5.0% |
| DAL–ATL | Dallas to Atlanta | 258 | 75.6% | 1.7 min | 8.1% |
| DAL–DEN | Dallas to Denver | 249 | 79.5% | 2.8 min | 3.6% |
| DAL–PHX | Dallas to Phoenix | 229 | 76.0% | 1.5 min | 5.7% |
| DAL–LAS | Dallas to Las Vegas | 225 | 76.0% | 1.1 min | 4.4% |
| DAL–MCO | Dallas to Orlando | 223 | 74.0% | 6.4 min | 4.0% |
| DAL–SAT | Dallas to San Antonio | 205 | 80.5% | 0.9 min | 6.3% |
| DAL–AUS | Dallas to Austin | 196 | 82.7% | -4.5 min | 7.1% |
| DAL–MSY | Dallas to New Orleans | 189 | 79.9% | -2.6 min | 6.3% |
| DAL–BNA | Dallas to Nashville | 186 | 77.4% | 1.1 min | 8.1% |
| DAL–MCI | Dallas to Kansas City | 158 | 79.1% | 2.6 min | 5.7% |
| DAL–MDW | Dallas to Chicago | 156 | 73.1% | 6.6 min | 4.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DAL on time in January 2026?
74.9% of 5,470 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 77.2% of 5,755 departures left on time and 5.1% were cancelled, against 74.9% and 5.5% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.