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Airport · 12 months to July 2026

Dallas/Fort Worth International: delays and on-time record

Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas

69.1%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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live airport status.

Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas had 312,515 scheduled domestic departures by reporting carriers in the 12 months to July 2026, about 856 a day, on 187 routes.

69.1% of those flights left the gate less than 15 minutes late, 7.0 points below the national departure figure of 76.1%. Flights arriving at DFW were on time 74.9% of the time, 1.1 points below the national arrival figure of 76.0%.

2.8% of scheduled departures were cancelled (national: 1.8%), and the average departure delay, counting early and on-time departures as zero, was 22.3 min.

American Airlines is the largest reporting carrier at DFW with 53% of departures. Among carriers with at least 3,125 departures, Envoy Air had the highest on-time arrival share for its DFW departures (80.7%) and American Airlines the lowest (63.8%).

On-time departures are down 2.6 points on the previous 12 months (71.7%).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category for flights leaving DFW, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 14%.

69.1%departures on timenational 76.1%
74.9%arrivals on timenational 76.0%
2.8%departures cancellednational 1.8%
856scheduled departures a day312,515 in 12 months
What happened to every scheduled departure from DFW, judged by arrival at the destination, August 2025 to July 2026.

As origin and as destination, against the nation

MeasureDepartures from DFWArrivals at DFWAll reported flightsDFW departures, previous 12 months
Departed on time (less than 15 min late)69.1%75.1%76.1%71.7%
Arrived on time69.9%74.9%76.0%71.9%
Cancelled2.8%2.9%1.8%2.4%
Diverted0.3%0.6%0.3%0.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)22.3 min22.4 min17.4 min19.8 min
Arrival delay minutes per 100 flights2,1062,1531,6841,932
Scheduled flights312,515312,5157,043,858318,108

12 months to July 2026. The first column follows flights that left DFW; the second follows flights that landed there. Year on year, on-time departures moved −2.6 pts.

Airlines at DFW

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines164,70553%63.8%20.2 min3.0%
MQ Envoy Air64,08421%80.7%2.1 min2.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines22,6337%74.4%9.6 min3.1%
OH PSA Airlines22,3527%70.9%15.6 min4.3%
DL Delta Air Lines11,6914%78.6%7.8 min2.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines10,4323%72.6%11.2 min2.0%
UA United Airlines9,9863%74.6%12.8 min1.7%
NK Spirit Airlines3,7421%71.9%10.9 min3.4%
AS Alaska Airlines2,4221%74.0%8.7 min1.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways4180%63.9%29.2 min3.1%
YX Republic Airline500%64.0%47.1 min2.0%

Departures from DFW by reporting carrier, ordered by flights; on time means the flight reached its destination less than 15 minutes late. Green is at or above the airport's overall share of 69.9%. Carriers fly different routes at different hours, so the rows are not a like-for-like test.

Busiest routes from DFW

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DFW–ORDDallas/Fort Worth to Chicago7,00165.9%20.0 min3.0%
DFW–LGADallas/Fort Worth to New York6,70562.4%20.0 min4.9%
DFW–ATLDallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta6,69073.1%10.6 min2.6%
DFW–LAXDallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles6,23571.2%10.9 min2.3%
DFW–DENDallas/Fort Worth to Denver6,03268.3%15.5 min2.1%
DFW–IAHDallas/Fort Worth to Houston5,80567.4%19.4 min2.6%
DFW–PHXDallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix5,23070.4%13.5 min2.5%
DFW–SEADallas/Fort Worth to Seattle5,22869.1%13.5 min2.0%
DFW–LASDallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas5,13267.2%15.5 min2.6%
DFW–MCODallas/Fort Worth to Orlando4,90261.6%20.8 min2.7%
DFW–MIADallas/Fort Worth to Miami4,82266.5%17.5 min2.5%
DFW–AUSDallas/Fort Worth to Austin4,70565.7%18.8 min3.3%
DFW–SATDallas/Fort Worth to San Antonio4,37664.8%21.5 min3.2%
DFW–SFODallas/Fort Worth to San Francisco4,17959.4%21.6 min2.4%
DFW–SLCDallas/Fort Worth to Salt Lake City3,86968.2%16.2 min2.4%
DFW–CLTDallas/Fort Worth to Charlotte3,86871.9%10.7 min2.5%
DFW–BOSDallas/Fort Worth to Boston3,71064.7%18.1 min3.2%
DFW–SANDallas/Fort Worth to San Diego3,66961.7%19.8 min2.6%
DFW–EWRDallas/Fort Worth to Newark3,60568.9%16.1 min3.3%
DFW–XNADallas/Fort Worth to Fayetteville3,54675.3%9.9 min2.5%
DFW–BNADallas/Fort Worth to Nashville3,53664.9%19.8 min3.1%
DFW–DTWDallas/Fort Worth to Detroit3,49073.8%12.0 min2.1%
DFW–PHLDallas/Fort Worth to Philadelphia3,47067.8%15.8 min3.3%
DFW–DCADallas/Fort Worth to Washington3,29970.5%9.8 min3.0%
DFW–MSPDallas/Fort Worth to Minneapolis3,29371.5%14.1 min2.3%
DFW–OKCDallas/Fort Worth to Oklahoma City3,16970.2%13.8 min2.8%
DFW–SGFDallas/Fort Worth to Springfield3,09179.5%4.5 min2.2%
DFW–FLLDallas/Fort Worth to Fort Lauderdale3,05067.0%17.2 min3.3%
DFW–SNADallas/Fort Worth to Santa Ana2,93675.3%5.0 min2.8%
DFW–MAFDallas/Fort Worth to Midland/Odessa2,92378.4%5.3 min2.8%
DFW–TPADallas/Fort Worth to Tampa2,90764.6%17.0 min3.2%
DFW–MSYDallas/Fort Worth to New Orleans2,80466.0%20.4 min3.0%
DFW–TULDallas/Fort Worth to Tulsa2,78170.3%14.3 min3.1%
DFW–LITDallas/Fort Worth to Little Rock2,66475.5%9.0 min2.3%
DFW–LBBDallas/Fort Worth to Lubbock2,62277.4%8.6 min2.7%
DFW–ELPDallas/Fort Worth to El Paso2,57265.9%18.3 min3.0%
DFW–MCIDallas/Fort Worth to Kansas City2,52867.8%17.5 min2.8%
DFW–CRPDallas/Fort Worth to Corpus Christi2,51277.9%5.6 min2.8%
DFW–ICTDallas/Fort Worth to Wichita2,42772.8%11.5 min3.3%
DFW–MFEDallas/Fort Worth to Mission/McAllen/Edinburg2,41868.0%18.8 min2.9%
DFW–STLDallas/Fort Worth to St. Louis2,38266.0%21.2 min3.1%
DFW–PDXDallas/Fort Worth to Portland2,38064.1%17.6 min2.4%
DFW–AMADallas/Fort Worth to Amarillo2,36579.3%6.4 min2.2%
DFW–MEMDallas/Fort Worth to Memphis2,35165.8%18.2 min2.8%
DFW–ONTDallas/Fort Worth to Ontario2,29668.6%13.4 min2.6%
DFW–ABQDallas/Fort Worth to Albuquerque2,27565.5%17.8 min2.9%
DFW–RDUDallas/Fort Worth to Raleigh/Durham2,26568.6%14.9 min2.6%
DFW–BHMDallas/Fort Worth to Birmingham2,19972.2%15.6 min2.8%
DFW–TUSDallas/Fort Worth to Tucson2,19066.2%17.1 min3.2%
DFW–SHVDallas/Fort Worth to Shreveport2,12573.0%11.7 min3.7%
DFW–BTRDallas/Fort Worth to Baton Rouge2,08275.4%11.0 min3.4%
DFW–HSVDallas/Fort Worth to Huntsville2,06573.6%13.4 min2.9%
DFW–INDDallas/Fort Worth to Indianapolis2,04766.9%16.7 min2.7%
DFW–HOUDallas/Fort Worth to Houston2,00173.0%9.5 min3.7%
DFW–SDFDallas/Fort Worth to Louisville2,00168.6%17.9 min3.4%
DFW–JFKDallas/Fort Worth to New York1,97972.8%8.6 min3.2%
DFW–IADDallas/Fort Worth to Washington1,95276.4%9.7 min2.0%
DFW–COSDallas/Fort Worth to Colorado Springs1,93368.9%14.6 min2.7%
DFW–JANDallas/Fort Worth to Jackson/Vicksburg1,90973.0%12.1 min2.9%
DFW–GRKDallas/Fort Worth to Killeen1,90875.1%7.9 min4.4%
DFW–JAXDallas/Fort Worth to Jacksonville1,83461.2%22.1 min2.7%
DFW–SAFDallas/Fort Worth to Santa Fe1,76474.7%8.5 min2.5%
DFW–ABIDallas/Fort Worth to Abilene1,75079.8%5.0 min2.2%
DFW–TYSDallas/Fort Worth to Knoxville1,73969.1%14.1 min3.4%
DFW–CMHDallas/Fort Worth to Columbus1,72868.9%14.3 min2.2%
DFW–PNSDallas/Fort Worth to Pensacola1,72364.2%20.7 min3.3%
DFW–CVGDallas/Fort Worth to Cincinnati1,70767.0%17.1 min2.9%
DFW–LFTDallas/Fort Worth to Lafayette1,66671.8%16.3 min3.0%
DFW–SMFDallas/Fort Worth to Sacramento1,63165.3%18.9 min2.5%
DFW–CLEDallas/Fort Worth to Cleveland1,61964.1%18.0 min2.4%
DFW–CHADallas/Fort Worth to Chattanooga1,61070.0%17.3 min3.0%
DFW–OMADallas/Fort Worth to Omaha1,56565.9%18.2 min2.8%
DFW–LRDDallas/Fort Worth to Laredo1,54180.8%-0.6 min3.2%
DFW–PITDallas/Fort Worth to Pittsburgh1,50971.2%12.9 min1.6%
DFW–HRLDallas/Fort Worth to Harlingen/San Benito1,48382.0%1.9 min3.0%
DFW–DSMDallas/Fort Worth to Des Moines1,43664.0%25.1 min3.6%
DFW–BRODallas/Fort Worth to Brownsville1,42382.2%-1.0 min2.5%
DFW–DRODallas/Fort Worth to Durango1,37375.0%7.0 min2.3%
DFW–FATDallas/Fort Worth to Fresno1,36261.9%20.5 min2.7%
DFW–DAYDallas/Fort Worth to Dayton1,35472.9%12.4 min2.4%
DFW–VPSDallas/Fort Worth to Valparaiso1,34364.6%20.2 min3.1%
DFW–RSWDallas/Fort Worth to Fort Myers1,33964.4%20.0 min2.8%
DFW–BWIDallas/Fort Worth to Baltimore1,33667.4%14.3 min2.8%
DFW–ECPDallas/Fort Worth to Panama City1,28972.4%9.8 min2.9%
DFW–RNODallas/Fort Worth to Reno1,26468.2%14.4 min3.1%
DFW–COUDallas/Fort Worth to Columbia1,24579.9%1.9 min2.7%
DFW–CHSDallas/Fort Worth to Charleston1,22468.8%13.9 min2.3%
DFW–LEXDallas/Fort Worth to Lexington1,21472.9%13.6 min2.6%
DFW–CLLDallas/Fort Worth to College Station/Bryan1,21382.7%-1.7 min3.1%
DFW–FSMDallas/Fort Worth to Fort Smith1,19481.2%2.0 min2.7%
DFW–ASEDallas/Fort Worth to Aspen1,18761.8%15.3 min4.5%
DFW–GSPDallas/Fort Worth to Greer1,17569.9%13.6 min2.6%
DFW–CIDDallas/Fort Worth to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City1,17271.9%13.0 min2.6%
DFW–MOBDallas/Fort Worth to Mobile1,15577.0%4.8 min4.1%
DFW–PBIDallas/Fort Worth to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach1,14563.8%17.5 min2.8%
DFW–MLUDallas/Fort Worth to Monroe1,13581.4%1.7 min2.9%
DFW–SJCDallas/Fort Worth to San Jose1,10070.5%12.4 min1.9%
DFW–MSNDallas/Fort Worth to Madison1,09360.3%30.2 min2.0%
DFW–MHKDallas/Fort Worth to Manhattan/Ft. Riley1,08879.9%3.1 min2.5%
DFW–FARDallas/Fort Worth to Fargo1,08682.4%-1.3 min1.7%
DFW–FSDDallas/Fort Worth to Sioux Falls1,08663.9%25.7 min3.2%
DFW–MKEDallas/Fort Worth to Milwaukee1,08364.9%21.6 min3.7%
DFW–RICDallas/Fort Worth to Richmond1,07867.5%17.0 min2.3%
DFW–TLHDallas/Fort Worth to Tallahassee1,07871.3%13.9 min3.3%
DFW–SJTDallas/Fort Worth to San Angelo1,07776.6%8.6 min4.1%
DFW–TYRDallas/Fort Worth to Tyler1,07775.4%9.4 min4.3%
DFW–ACTDallas/Fort Worth to Waco1,07377.5%6.2 min3.9%
DFW–LAWDallas/Fort Worth to Lawton/Fort Sill1,07269.6%22.7 min5.1%
DFW–GPTDallas/Fort Worth to Gulfport/Biloxi1,07078.4%8.0 min3.6%
DFW–MGMDallas/Fort Worth to Montgomery1,05870.2%14.8 min5.3%
DFW–PIADallas/Fort Worth to Peoria1,05673.3%12.1 min3.7%
DFW–AEXDallas/Fort Worth to Alexandria1,04580.7%0.6 min3.8%
DFW–LCHDallas/Fort Worth to Lake Charles1,04480.8%4.5 min2.6%
DFW–FWADallas/Fort Worth to Fort Wayne1,03177.0%7.0 min2.7%
DFW–SAVDallas/Fort Worth to Savannah1,02863.5%23.2 min2.6%
DFW–GJTDallas/Fort Worth to Grand Junction1,01880.6%1.4 min1.5%
DFW–MLIDallas/Fort Worth to Moline1,01081.1%2.4 min2.6%
DFW–RAPDallas/Fort Worth to Rapid City1,00678.8%2.4 min1.7%
DFW–PSPDallas/Fort Worth to Palm Springs99768.0%12.4 min3.1%
DFW–GRRDallas/Fort Worth to Grand Rapids98763.3%19.6 min3.3%
DFW–CAEDallas/Fort Worth to Columbia98578.6%2.2 min2.6%
DFW–SBNDallas/Fort Worth to South Bend98472.3%13.5 min1.8%
DFW–SJUDallas/Fort Worth to San Juan98466.9%16.9 min2.9%
DFW–ORFDallas/Fort Worth to Norfolk97961.6%18.7 min2.8%
DFW–EVVDallas/Fort Worth to Evansville96777.8%6.4 min2.9%
DFW–GSODallas/Fort Worth to Greensboro/High Point92765.0%19.8 min2.8%
DFW–EGEDallas/Fort Worth to Eagle87461.7%30.9 min2.4%
DFW–ROWDallas/Fort Worth to Roswell82778.8%2.3 min2.3%
DFW–BOIDallas/Fort Worth to Boise80261.0%22.5 min3.0%
DFW–JACDallas/Fort Worth to Jackson74960.3%28.1 min2.1%
DFW–SPSDallas/Fort Worth to Wichita Falls72981.6%3.8 min3.3%
DFW–SWODallas/Fort Worth to Stillwater72973.3%13.7 min4.4%
DFW–BURDallas/Fort Worth to Burbank72865.1%12.5 min2.7%
DFW–BISDallas/Fort Worth to Bismarck/Mandan72779.6%2.4 min1.1%
DFW–BMIDallas/Fort Worth to Bloomington/Normal72781.3%4.1 min1.5%
DFW–PVUDallas/Fort Worth to Provo72773.6%9.3 min1.9%
DFW–GCKDallas/Fort Worth to Garden City72673.3%10.0 min2.3%
DFW–TXKDallas/Fort Worth to Texarkana72379.8%5.2 min3.2%
DFW–BPTDallas/Fort Worth to Beaumont/Port Arthur72275.9%18.1 min3.3%
DFW–AVLDallas/Fort Worth to Asheville72069.2%16.6 min2.4%
DFW–CMIDallas/Fort Worth to Champaign/Urbana71982.6%1.9 min1.8%
DFW–GGGDallas/Fort Worth to Longview71880.1%6.9 min2.9%
DFW–BZNDallas/Fort Worth to Bozeman71268.7%13.8 min2.0%
DFW–ILMDallas/Fort Worth to Wilmington70860.7%25.6 min3.1%
DFW–GRIDallas/Fort Worth to Grand Island70772.4%18.2 min2.7%
DFW–TRIDallas/Fort Worth to Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport70580.6%2.6 min2.7%
DFW–GNVDallas/Fort Worth to Gainesville70383.6%0.6 min1.3%
DFW–SGUDallas/Fort Worth to St. George70374.7%11.3 min0.4%
DFW–BILDallas/Fort Worth to Billings69179.9%2.9 min0.9%
DFW–BDLDallas/Fort Worth to Hartford68162.7%18.3 min3.4%
DFW–HNLDallas/Fort Worth to Honolulu67167.5%18.5 min0.9%
DFW–AGSDallas/Fort Worth to Augusta66468.8%18.7 min4.4%
DFW–MTJDallas/Fort Worth to Montrose/Delta57977.2%7.5 min2.4%
DFW–BUFDallas/Fort Worth to Buffalo57858.0%26.7 min2.9%
DFW–GEGDallas/Fort Worth to Spokane55960.5%25.8 min1.8%
DFW–IDADallas/Fort Worth to Idaho Falls52875.9%11.2 min1.5%
DFW–MYRDallas/Fort Worth to Myrtle Beach50765.7%21.2 min1.8%
DFW–OGGDallas/Fort Worth to Kahului50065.8%39.7 min1.2%
DFW–FLGDallas/Fort Worth to Flagstaff43572.0%16.9 min3.4%
DFW–MSODallas/Fort Worth to Missoula43571.3%7.6 min1.1%
DFW–ATWDallas/Fort Worth to Appleton42577.6%3.6 min1.4%
DFW–ANCDallas/Fort Worth to Anchorage39462.4%29.8 min0.3%
DFW–SRQDallas/Fort Worth to Sarasota/Bradenton37363.5%21.6 min2.7%
DFW–GTRDallas/Fort Worth to Columbus36777.4%7.3 min3.0%
DFW–MDTDallas/Fort Worth to Harrisburg36554.8%40.6 min3.0%
DFW–YUMDallas/Fort Worth to Yuma36574.2%4.7 min2.5%
DFW–SBADallas/Fort Worth to Santa Barbara36480.5%3.8 min1.4%
DFW–SBPDallas/Fort Worth to San Luis Obispo36075.6%4.6 min1.4%
DFW–EYWDallas/Fort Worth to Key West33259.9%32.3 min2.4%
DFW–SYRDallas/Fort Worth to Syracuse32753.8%27.0 min3.4%
DFW–BFLDallas/Fort Worth to Bakersfield31150.8%59.0 min3.9%
DFW–MRYDallas/Fort Worth to Monterey29982.3%-1.8 min1.7%
DFW–MDWDallas/Fort Worth to Chicago28867.4%24.3 min2.1%
DFW–FCADallas/Fort Worth to Kalispell26271.4%10.1 min1.1%
DFW–GUCDallas/Fort Worth to Gunnison25274.2%3.4 min6.0%
DFW–ALBDallas/Fort Worth to Albany20341.4%65.0 min3.4%
DFW–STSDallas/Fort Worth to Santa Rosa18680.6%8.0 min0.0%
DFW–TVCDallas/Fort Worth to Traverse City16360.7%31.5 min1.2%
DFW–PWMDallas/Fort Worth to Portland14974.5%4.1 min2.7%
DFW–STTDallas/Fort Worth to Charlotte Amalie13367.7%17.3 min1.5%
DFW–HDNDallas/Fort Worth to Hayden12746.5%30.1 min1.6%
DFW–KOADallas/Fort Worth to Kona12277.9%1.7 min2.5%

The 182 busiest of 187 routes with reported flights. Routes with at least 10 flights a month have their own page.

Month by month

100%columns start at 40%
Share of scheduled departures from DFW that left less than 15 minutes late, Aug 2023 to Jul 2026. Green columns are at or above the national figure for that month (the dark tick), amber below it, red more than eight points below.
Aug 2023Sep 2023Oct 2023Nov 2023Dec 2023Jan 2024Feb 2024Mar 2024Apr 2024May 2024Jun 2024Jul 2024Aug 2024Sep 2024Oct 2024Nov 2024Dec 2024Jan 2025Feb 2025Mar 2025Apr 2025May 2025Jun 2025Jul 2025Aug 2025Sep 2025Oct 2025Nov 2025Dec 2025Jan 2026Feb 2026Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026

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 at DFW), 12 months to July 2026.

Among hours with at least 6,250 departures, 7 am to 8 am had the highest on-time share (83.0% of 21,390 flights) and 8 pm to 9 pm the lowest (56.4% of 15,077).

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNationalMinutes
Air carrier30.5%33.3%1,912,311
Late-arriving aircraft46.8%39.7%2,935,193
National Aviation System14.0%20.7%881,093
Extreme weather8.6%6.1%540,782
Security0.1%0.1%6,775
6,276,154 delay minutes on 84,365 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Cancellations by reported reason (8,747 in the period): air carrier 11%, weather 82%, national aviation system 7%, security 0%.

Checkpoint volumes

TSA publishes daily checkpoint passenger counts for the country as a whole, not for DFW on its own. The national series through September 2026 is on the checkpoint volumes page.

Questions and answers

How often do flights leave DFW on time?

69.1% of the 312,515 scheduled domestic departures in the 12 months to July 2026 left less than 15 minutes late; the national figure was 76.1%. 2.8% were cancelled.

How often do flights arrive at DFW on time?

74.9% of 312,515 scheduled arrivals were on time by the BTS definition, against 76.0% nationally.

Which airline has the highest on-time share at DFW?

Counting departures from DFW and whether they reached their destination on time, Envoy Air had the highest share (80.7% of 64,084 flights), then Delta Air Lines (78.6%) and United Airlines (74.6%). Carriers fly different routes at different hours, so the figures are not a like-for-like test.

What causes delays at DFW?

For departures from DFW that reached their destination 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 31%, national aviation system 14%, extreme weather 9%, security 0%.

What time of day has the highest on-time share at DFW?

Departures scheduled from 7 am to 8 am local time left on time 83.0% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare; 8 pm to 9 pm was lowest at 56.4%.

Is it getting better?

On-time departures for the 12 months to July 2026 were 69.1%, down 2.6 points on the previous 12 months (71.7%). The monthly chart shows each of the last 36 months, and each month has its own page.

Does this page show today's delays at DFW?

No. BTS publishes on-time records about two months after the month ends, so this page is a monthly history through July 2026. For live conditions use the FAA airport status service or your airline.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026; airport name from the BTS airport lookup table. US government works in the public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers only: international flights, charters and smaller carriers are not in the source. Totals and averages only; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.