Dallas Love Field in March 2026

65.0%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 6,221 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 65.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.2% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 7.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 6,244 departures with 76.1% leaving on time: a change of −11.1 points, with flights down 0%.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 75.1% of the time (6,222 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 69.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.3%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	65.0%	76.1%	67.4%	72.8%
Arrived on time	69.2%	78.2%	71.6%	73.2%
Cancelled	1.3%	1.3%	1.4%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.8 min	14.1 min	18.4 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	207	208	193	20,403
Scheduled departures	6,221	6,244	70,439	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	6,072	98%	69.0%	12.0 min	1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	149	2%	77.9%	11.4 min	5.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	364	60.4%	17.3 min	1.4%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	274	76.3%	10.1 min	3.3%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	270	71.9%	15.8 min	0.4%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	266	83.1%	-0.3 min	1.1%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	251	76.5%	2.7 min	1.2%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	247	81.4%	0.3 min	0.0%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	245	58.0%	19.5 min	3.7%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	209	76.6%	9.0 min	1.0%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	206	67.0%	12.3 min	0.5%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	201	73.6%	8.4 min	0.0%
DAL–MCI	Dallas to Kansas City	183	71.0%	11.7 min	1.1%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	171	60.2%	21.0 min	1.8%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	31.7%	33.5%	32,534
Late-arriving aircraft	43.1%	39.3%	44,175
National Aviation System	19.9%	21.0%	20,412
Extreme weather	5.1%	5.9%	5,272
Security	0.2%	0.2%	169

102,562 delay minutes on 1,823 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 March 2026?

65.0% of 6,221 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 76.1% of 6,244 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 65.0% and 1.3% in March 2026.

Provenance

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