Dallas/Fort Worth International in February 2024

82.8%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 22,679 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 82.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.8% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 1.2 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 83.2% of the time (22,675 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 41% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 82.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.9%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	82.8%	—	69.1%	84.0%
Arrived on time	82.8%	—	69.9%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	2.8%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.4 min	—	22.3 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	756	—	856	17,307
Scheduled departures	22,679	—	312,515	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	12,582	55%	78.2%	5.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	5,068	22%	91.2%	-5.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,447	6%	85.8%	-1.5 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	923	4%	91.3%	-2.4 min	0.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	726	3%	79.6%	4.0 min	0.3%
OH PSA Airlines	644	3%	85.6%	-1.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	607	3%	85.8%	1.0 min	0.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	502	2%	85.9%	1.8 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	145	1%	87.6%	-4.6 min	0.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	29	0%	69.0%	19.6 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	6	0%	50.0%	62.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	503	79.5%	3.4 min	0.0%
DFW–LAS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas	501	76.6%	6.8 min	0.0%
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	467	82.9%	5.1 min	0.0%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	455	80.0%	6.0 min	0.2%
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	453	83.0%	0.5 min	0.9%
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	438	87.4%	-2.7 min	0.0%
DFW–MIA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami	412	83.7%	-0.4 min	0.0%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	408	84.1%	3.9 min	0.0%
DFW–MCO	Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando	403	80.9%	3.8 min	0.0%
DFW–AUS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin	390	81.3%	2.9 min	0.0%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	367	86.4%	0.6 min	0.0%
DFW–SAT	Dallas/Fort Worth to San Antonio	330	80.3%	6.1 min	0.0%

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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	40.8%	35.9%	84,811
Late-arriving aircraft	40.6%	36.9%	84,481
National Aviation System	16.2%	21.7%	33,639
Extreme weather	2.4%	5.3%	4,987
Security	0.1%	0.3%	193

208,111 delay minutes on 3,834 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 February 2024?

82.8% of 22,679 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.