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Airport month · September 2024
Dallas/Fort Worth International in September 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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 26,198 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 80.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.3% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 4.2 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 24,533 departures with 78.2% leaving on time: a change of +2.0 points, with flights up 7%.
Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 81.4% of the time (26,205 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 80.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.3%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.1%
September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2024 | Sep 2023 | DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.2% | 78.2% | 69.1% | 84.4% |
| Arrived on time | 80.3% | 77.2% | 69.9% | 83.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | 0.6% | 2.8% | 0.6% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.1 min | 16.2 min | 22.3 min | 10.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 873 | 818 | 856 | 19,421 |
| Scheduled departures | 26,198 | 24,533 | 312,515 | 582,622 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 13,346 | 51% | 76.8% | 6.3 min | 0.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 5,692 | 22% | 86.3% | -2.0 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 2,613 | 10% | 84.8% | 0.0 min | 0.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,043 | 4% | 89.6% | -6.3 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 949 | 4% | 66.9% | 12.5 min | 0.6% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 839 | 3% | 82.1% | 3.1 min | 0.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 744 | 3% | 88.8% | -2.2 min | 0.3% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 706 | 3% | 79.3% | 5.3 min | 1.4% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 235 | 1% | 64.3% | 12.8 min | 0.9% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 30 | 0% | 70.0% | 13.7 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 1 | 0% | 100.0% | -16.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFW–ORD | Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago | 625 | 82.1% | 2.1 min | 0.2% |
| DFW–LGA | Dallas/Fort Worth to New York | 556 | 85.4% | -4.5 min | 0.0% |
| DFW–LAX | Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles | 551 | 83.1% | 1.1 min | 0.0% |
| DFW–ATL | Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta | 547 | 81.7% | 3.2 min | 0.5% |
| DFW–DEN | Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver | 523 | 81.1% | 1.3 min | 0.2% |
| DFW–LAS | Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas | 509 | 76.0% | 6.4 min | 0.0% |
| DFW–SEA | Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle | 484 | 76.4% | 4.0 min | 0.4% |
| DFW–IAH | Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston | 474 | 76.8% | 7.5 min | 0.0% |
| DFW–PHX | Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix | 418 | 78.7% | 6.1 min | 0.2% |
| DFW–AUS | Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin | 399 | 81.0% | 4.8 min | 0.0% |
| DFW–SAT | Dallas/Fort Worth to San Antonio | 399 | 69.9% | 15.3 min | 0.0% |
| DFW–MIA | Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami | 388 | 75.5% | 5.9 min | 0.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DFW on time in September 2024?
80.2% of 26,198 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2023, 78.2% of 24,533 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 80.2% and 0.3% in September 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.