Dallas/Fort Worth International in January 2024

68.2%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 23,570 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 68.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.4% reached their destination on time; 2.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 5.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 66.9% of the time (23,588 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 67.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.4%
Cancelled 2.8%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from DFW in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	68.2%	—	69.1%	74.0%
Arrived on time	67.4%	—	69.9%	72.9%
Cancelled	2.8%	—	2.8%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.1 min	—	22.3 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	786	—	856	18,242
Scheduled departures	23,570	—	312,515	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	13,020	55%	63.4%	22.0 min	1.9%
MQ Envoy Air	5,141	22%	72.0%	9.9 min	3.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,721	7%	73.3%	8.9 min	5.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	979	4%	76.0%	14.6 min	0.9%
NK Spirit Airlines	745	3%	69.7%	14.2 min	1.7%
OH PSA Airlines	695	3%	68.8%	17.9 min	5.8%
UA United Airlines	609	3%	74.1%	11.7 min	3.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	471	2%	74.5%	8.5 min	0.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	155	1%	60.0%	10.3 min	14.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	0%	61.3%	5.6 min	3.2%
YX Republic Airline	3	0%	100.0%	-16.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	551	70.2%	11.0 min	0.7%
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	472	68.0%	19.4 min	0.8%
DFW–LAS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas	467	65.1%	23.8 min	1.7%
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	464	73.1%	14.7 min	3.4%
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	454	71.6%	11.0 min	2.2%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	446	69.3%	15.2 min	1.8%
DFW–MIA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami	446	63.0%	19.9 min	0.9%
DFW–MCO	Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando	436	62.6%	21.2 min	1.4%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	417	65.2%	16.8 min	0.5%
DFW–AUS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin	381	60.4%	27.5 min	1.0%
DFW–SAT	Dallas/Fort Worth to San Antonio	369	64.0%	24.3 min	3.5%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	368	66.8%	18.0 min	4.1%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	27.6%	32.6%	143,333
Late-arriving aircraft	44.2%	39.0%	229,633
National Aviation System	15.7%	17.9%	81,732
Extreme weather	12.4%	10.3%	64,712
Security	0.1%	0.2%	472

519,882 delay minutes on 6,931 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 January 2024?

68.2% of 23,570 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.