Dallas/Fort Worth International in October 2024

81.9%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 27,861 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.6% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 3.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 25,786 departures with 78.9% leaving on time: a change of +3.0 points, with flights up 8%.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 86.2% of the time (27,862 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 41% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 83.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.9%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	81.9%	78.9%	69.1%	85.5%
Arrived on time	83.6%	79.9%	69.9%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	1.5%	2.8%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.6 min	14.9 min	22.3 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	929	860	856	20,517
Scheduled departures	27,861	25,786	312,515	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	14,562	52%	81.0%	3.1 min	0.4%
MQ Envoy Air	5,920	21%	92.3%	-6.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,927	11%	80.0%	7.1 min	0.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,084	4%	92.5%	-7.3 min	0.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	962	3%	69.1%	13.0 min	2.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	817	3%	83.6%	0.0 min	1.0%
UA United Airlines	785	3%	86.6%	0.4 min	0.3%
OH PSA Airlines	559	2%	85.2%	4.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	210	1%	78.6%	3.9 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	0%	90.3%	-4.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	4	0%	100.0%	-29.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	636	82.7%	2.9 min	0.0%
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	592	82.6%	0.6 min	0.2%
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	588	85.2%	-1.6 min	0.5%
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	577	85.4%	0.5 min	0.2%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	556	83.1%	-0.4 min	0.7%
DFW–LAS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas	546	81.7%	2.4 min	0.0%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	510	81.6%	2.1 min	0.0%
DFW–SEA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle	487	82.1%	-0.2 min	0.0%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	431	83.5%	-0.8 min	0.5%
DFW–AUS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin	428	84.3%	0.7 min	0.0%
DFW–SAT	Dallas/Fort Worth to San Antonio	426	82.4%	2.8 min	0.0%
DFW–MIA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami	398	73.4%	5.3 min	1.0%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	44.7%	42.7%	119,065
Late-arriving aircraft	40.9%	37.4%	109,001
National Aviation System	10.5%	16.3%	27,930
Extreme weather	3.6%	3.4%	9,635
Security	0.3%	0.2%	694

266,325 delay minutes on 4,428 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 October 2024?

81.9% of 27,861 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 78.9% of 25,786 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 81.9% and 0.3% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.