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Airport month · August 2024
Dallas/Fort Worth International in August 2024
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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 27,900 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 71.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.2% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 3.7 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 26,370 departures with 72.8% leaving on time: a change of −1.1 points, with flights up 6%.
Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 77.0% of the time (27,901 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 11%.
- On time 73.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.5%
- Cancelled 1.0%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 71.7% | 72.8% | 69.1% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 73.2% | 75.1% | 69.9% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | 0.9% | 2.8% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 21.2 min | 23.3 min | 22.3 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 930 | 879 | 856 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 27,900 | 26,370 | 312,515 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 14,268 | 51% | 64.9% | 21.7 min | 1.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 6,546 | 23% | 84.4% | -0.8 min | 0.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 2,171 | 8% | 88.8% | -4.6 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,082 | 4% | 83.9% | 0.9 min | 1.1% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 1,019 | 4% | 74.5% | 9.2 min | 1.6% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 961 | 3% | 64.8% | 16.9 min | 2.4% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 881 | 3% | 80.6% | 10.0 min | 0.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 688 | 2% | 78.2% | 8.2 min | 2.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 243 | 1% | 63.0% | 15.1 min | 1.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 31 | 0% | 51.6% | 40.6 min | 6.5% |
| YX Republic Airline | 10 | 0% | 70.0% | 110.3 min | 10.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFW–LAX | Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles | 609 | 72.9% | 12.2 min | 1.0% |
| DFW–ORD | Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago | 594 | 67.0% | 11.6 min | 1.7% |
| DFW–ATL | Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta | 593 | 76.9% | 5.1 min | 0.5% |
| DFW–LGA | Dallas/Fort Worth to New York | 562 | 69.0% | 10.2 min | 4.6% |
| DFW–DEN | Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver | 549 | 72.3% | 13.2 min | 0.9% |
| DFW–SEA | Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle | 527 | 68.3% | 18.6 min | 0.8% |
| DFW–LAS | Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas | 522 | 68.6% | 14.8 min | 1.0% |
| DFW–IAH | Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston | 455 | 71.4% | 16.3 min | 1.8% |
| DFW–SAT | Dallas/Fort Worth to San Antonio | 442 | 61.8% | 27.9 min | 2.3% |
| DFW–MIA | Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami | 435 | 63.7% | 23.0 min | 1.6% |
| DFW–PHX | Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix | 428 | 67.8% | 24.1 min | 0.0% |
| DFW–AUS | Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin | 412 | 70.6% | 16.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DFW on time in August 2024?
71.7% of 27,900 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 72.8% of 26,370 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 71.7% and 1.0% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.