Dallas/Fort Worth International in November 2024

77.9%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 25,197 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 77.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.9% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 7.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 24,070 departures with 84.2% leaving on time: a change of −6.3 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 79.6% of the time (25,185 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 77.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.1%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	77.9%	84.2%	69.1%	85.2%
Arrived on time	77.9%	84.5%	69.9%	84.8%
Cancelled	1.7%	0.2%	2.8%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.1 min	10.3 min	22.3 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	840	802	856	19,180
Scheduled departures	25,197	24,070	312,515	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	13,100	52%	75.5%	8.3 min	1.7%
MQ Envoy Air	5,099	20%	86.1%	-1.7 min	1.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,448	10%	72.3%	10.5 min	3.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,029	4%	87.0%	2.3 min	0.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	905	4%	69.1%	18.7 min	1.1%
OH PSA Airlines	839	3%	84.6%	-0.1 min	1.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	777	3%	76.8%	5.4 min	1.2%
UA United Airlines	773	3%	78.5%	13.8 min	0.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	197	1%	67.5%	9.3 min	2.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	30	0%	73.3%	4.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	593	80.6%	0.2 min	1.2%
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	568	79.9%	5.6 min	0.5%
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	565	79.1%	3.3 min	1.2%
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	546	83.3%	3.1 min	0.7%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	498	76.1%	9.4 min	1.8%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	469	78.0%	9.6 min	2.8%
DFW–LAS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas	464	70.3%	12.0 min	1.9%
DFW–SEA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle	423	74.9%	6.5 min	1.7%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	420	78.8%	3.6 min	1.9%
DFW–MIA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami	404	79.2%	7.4 min	0.7%
DFW–MCO	Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando	402	78.9%	2.9 min	2.0%
DFW–AUS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin	381	79.8%	4.8 min	2.6%

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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.6%	36.9%	109,890
Late-arriving aircraft	40.7%	35.6%	141,780
National Aviation System	15.7%	21.9%	54,609
Extreme weather	11.9%	5.4%	41,567
Security	0.1%	0.2%	340

348,186 delay minutes on 5,075 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 November 2024?

77.9% of 25,197 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 84.2% of 24,070 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 77.9% and 1.7% in November 2024.

Provenance

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