Dallas/Fort Worth International in December 2024

71.9%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 25,814 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 71.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.2% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 5.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 23,714 departures with 84.2% leaving on time: a change of −12.3 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 74.3% of the time (25,817 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 26% and extreme weather 16%.

On time 73.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.5%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	71.9%	84.2%	69.1%	77.8%
Arrived on time	73.2%	84.1%	69.9%	78.1%
Cancelled	2.1%	0.1%	2.8%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.5 min	10.2 min	22.3 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	861	791	856	19,686
Scheduled departures	25,814	23,714	312,515	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	13,622	53%	69.2%	18.8 min	2.5%
MQ Envoy Air	5,368	21%	81.5%	5.3 min	1.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,454	10%	70.9%	13.8 min	3.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,013	4%	81.1%	7.8 min	0.1%
OH PSA Airlines	932	4%	76.1%	20.9 min	2.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	769	3%	74.4%	11.7 min	0.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	729	3%	70.8%	14.5 min	0.8%
UA United Airlines	691	3%	80.0%	7.9 min	0.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	202	1%	71.8%	7.9 min	1.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	29	0%	65.5%	20.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	3	0%	66.7%	-7.3 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	2	0%	0.0%	130.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	617	79.3%	6.2 min	1.5%
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	569	77.3%	9.4 min	0.9%
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	562	76.5%	11.9 min	0.5%
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	535	74.4%	11.6 min	1.5%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	493	76.9%	11.1 min	2.8%
DFW–LAS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas	487	72.7%	13.7 min	1.6%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	466	72.1%	16.0 min	2.6%
DFW–SEA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle	446	72.6%	7.3 min	1.8%
DFW–MCO	Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando	419	68.0%	15.7 min	2.9%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	416	73.3%	16.2 min	1.2%
DFW–AUS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin	413	71.7%	14.5 min	2.7%
DFW–MIA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami	405	73.3%	11.0 min	2.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	26.1%	34.3%	136,486
Late-arriving aircraft	46.7%	40.2%	244,624
National Aviation System	11.3%	17.8%	59,347
Extreme weather	15.8%	7.5%	82,892
Security	0.1%	0.2%	303

523,652 delay minutes on 6,323 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 December 2024?

71.9% of 25,814 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 84.2% of 23,714 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 71.9% and 2.1% in December 2024.

Provenance

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