Dallas Love Field in April 2026

67.5%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 5,965 domestic departures from Dallas Love Field (DAL). 67.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.5% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so DAL departures were 11.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 6,067 departures with 72.3% leaving on time: a change of −4.8 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at DAL that month were on time 77.0% of the time (5,965 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 70.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.7%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	DAL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	67.5%	72.3%	67.4%	79.1%
Arrived on time	70.5%	74.2%	71.6%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.7%	2.1%	1.4%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.0 min	17.4 min	18.4 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	199	202	193	19,931
Scheduled departures	5,965	6,067	70,439	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,819	98%	70.3%	10.5 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	146	2%	78.1%	1.5 min	4.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAL–HOU	Dallas to Houston	346	69.7%	9.0 min	0.3%
DAL–ATL	Dallas to Atlanta	263	72.6%	6.6 min	3.0%
DAL–DEN	Dallas to Denver	254	71.3%	12.5 min	0.4%
DAL–LAS	Dallas to Las Vegas	251	68.1%	10.6 min	0.4%
DAL–PHX	Dallas to Phoenix	250	69.2%	10.4 min	1.6%
DAL–SAT	Dallas to San Antonio	250	76.0%	3.0 min	0.8%
DAL–MCO	Dallas to Orlando	230	72.6%	9.9 min	0.9%
DAL–AUS	Dallas to Austin	200	73.5%	9.0 min	0.0%
DAL–BNA	Dallas to Nashville	200	64.5%	13.3 min	1.0%
DAL–MSY	Dallas to New Orleans	195	77.4%	8.0 min	0.0%
DAL–MCI	Dallas to Kansas City	180	72.2%	8.0 min	1.7%
DAL–MDW	Dallas to Chicago	172	68.0%	12.3 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	29.5%	33.5%	25,908
Late-arriving aircraft	48.8%	40.4%	42,839
National Aviation System	17.9%	21.0%	15,680
Extreme weather	3.7%	5.0%	3,259
Security	0.0%	0.1%	12

87,698 delay minutes on 1,709 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 April 2026?

67.5% of 5,965 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 72.3% of 6,067 departures left on time and 2.1% were cancelled, against 67.5% and 0.7% in April 2026.

Provenance

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