Dallas/Fort Worth International in December 2023

84.2%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 23,714 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 84.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.1% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 85.0% of the time (23,680 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 84.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.5%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	84.2%	—	69.1%	83.1%
Arrived on time	84.1%	—	69.9%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	2.8%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.2 min	—	22.3 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	791	—	856	19,013
Scheduled departures	23,714	—	312,515	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	13,203	56%	81.4%	4.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	4,937	21%	90.6%	-4.5 min	0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,803	8%	87.1%	-1.3 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,008	4%	87.8%	-1.6 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	814	3%	75.9%	4.5 min	0.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	629	3%	82.8%	2.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	622	3%	84.6%	2.8 min	0.2%
OH PSA Airlines	509	2%	87.6%	0.7 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	155	1%	88.4%	-4.3 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	0%	58.1%	21.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	3	0%	100.0%	-26.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	591	83.9%	-0.7 min	0.0%
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	522	81.0%	2.2 min	0.0%
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	502	86.7%	-2.6 min	0.0%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	468	78.0%	5.1 min	0.0%
DFW–LAS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas	464	82.5%	4.9 min	0.0%
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	451	82.3%	2.5 min	0.0%
DFW–MCO	Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando	451	72.9%	12.3 min	0.2%
DFW–MIA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami	433	78.3%	5.9 min	0.0%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	422	81.3%	1.7 min	0.0%
DFW–AUS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin	378	80.4%	3.3 min	0.0%
DFW–SAT	Dallas/Fort Worth to San Antonio	356	84.8%	2.4 min	0.0%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	349	84.2%	6.5 min	0.3%

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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	45.7%	37.1%	95,113
Late-arriving aircraft	35.8%	38.8%	74,474
National Aviation System	14.6%	17.6%	30,396
Extreme weather	3.6%	6.2%	7,558
Security	0.3%	0.3%	612

208,153 delay minutes on 3,682 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 December 2023?

84.2% of 23,714 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.