Dallas/Fort Worth International in October 2023

78.9%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 25,786 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 78.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.9% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 4.9 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 79.4% of the time (25,786 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 79.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.4%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from DFW in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	78.9%	—	69.1%	83.8%
Arrived on time	79.9%	—	69.9%	84.0%
Cancelled	1.5%	—	2.8%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.9 min	—	22.3 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	860	—	856	19,966
Scheduled departures	25,786	—	312,515	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	14,113	55%	78.8%	6.1 min	1.5%
MQ Envoy Air	5,077	20%	84.0%	0.0 min	1.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,476	10%	80.7%	4.2 min	2.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,006	4%	90.3%	-5.4 min	0.1%
NK Spirit Airlines	906	4%	75.9%	5.1 min	2.1%
UA United Airlines	768	3%	81.4%	4.4 min	0.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	727	3%	62.3%	26.8 min	0.6%
OH PSA Airlines	465	2%	79.8%	8.8 min	2.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	217	1%	79.7%	4.5 min	1.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	0%	61.3%	19.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	600	80.7%	2.2 min	1.3%
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	586	88.2%	-4.8 min	1.2%
DFW–LAS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas	559	72.5%	9.8 min	1.8%
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	540	84.1%	0.7 min	0.6%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	531	72.7%	13.4 min	0.6%
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	521	85.6%	-9.1 min	1.2%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	446	76.0%	7.4 min	1.8%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	442	74.4%	10.6 min	2.5%
DFW–SEA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle	420	80.5%	1.5 min	1.9%
DFW–AUS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin	419	75.7%	9.2 min	1.0%
DFW–MCO	Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando	411	73.5%	10.8 min	1.9%
DFW–MIA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami	383	76.5%	7.0 min	0.5%

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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	38.5%	41.3%	128,236
Late-arriving aircraft	42.5%	40.5%	141,468
National Aviation System	11.4%	14.4%	38,014
Extreme weather	7.4%	3.7%	24,770
Security	0.1%	0.2%	457

332,945 delay minutes on 4,738 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 DFW on time in October 2023?

78.9% of 25,786 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for DFW · methodology · corrections.