Dallas Love Field in February 2026

74.7%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 5,163 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 74.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.9% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 3.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 5,343 departures with 80.3% leaving on time: a change of −5.6 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 83.0% of the time (5,162 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 78.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.1%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from DAL in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	74.7%	80.3%	67.4%	78.1%
Arrived on time	78.9%	82.5%	71.6%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.4%	1.4%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.2 min	10.6 min	18.4 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	172	178	193	17,168
Scheduled departures	5,163	5,343	70,439	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,037	98%	78.7%	3.2 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	126	2%	84.9%	-1.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	323	83.0%	-1.7 min	1.2%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	244	82.0%	1.2 min	0.0%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	234	77.8%	8.0 min	0.9%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	223	83.4%	-2.3 min	0.4%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	211	79.1%	3.4 min	0.5%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	210	72.9%	9.7 min	1.0%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	188	84.6%	1.2 min	0.5%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	188	84.6%	-0.1 min	0.5%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	187	87.2%	-4.2 min	1.1%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	170	82.4%	0.7 min	0.6%
DAL–MCI	Dallas to Kansas City	158	80.4%	2.3 min	0.6%
DAL–STL	Dallas to St. Louis	149	87.2%	-2.2 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	38.0%	38.2%	17,504
Late-arriving aircraft	41.8%	37.2%	19,291
National Aviation System	15.9%	18.5%	7,317
Extreme weather	4.3%	6.0%	1,983
Security	0.0%	0.2%	8

46,103 delay minutes on 1,039 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 February 2026?

74.7% of 5,163 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 80.3% of 5,343 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 74.7% and 0.9% in February 2026.

Provenance

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