Dallas/Fort Worth International in January 2025

71.7%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 25,124 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 71.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.2% reached their destination on time; 6.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 7.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 23,570 departures with 68.2% leaving on time: a change of +3.5 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 72.9% of the time (25,125 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 33% and extreme weather 15%.

On time 73.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.2%
Cancelled 6.3%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from DFW in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	71.7%	68.2%	69.1%	79.3%
Arrived on time	73.2%	67.4%	69.9%	78.6%
Cancelled	6.3%	2.8%	2.8%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.0 min	23.1 min	22.3 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	838	786	856	17,992
Scheduled departures	25,124	23,570	312,515	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	13,140	52%	71.3%	10.1 min	6.2%
MQ Envoy Air	5,256	21%	77.5%	3.4 min	6.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,422	10%	71.4%	10.2 min	6.7%
OH PSA Airlines	1,110	4%	69.2%	12.2 min	8.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	994	4%	80.7%	2.6 min	4.2%
UA United Airlines	746	3%	77.9%	4.9 min	5.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	649	3%	76.7%	3.9 min	5.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	627	2%	69.2%	9.9 min	7.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	159	1%	73.0%	7.2 min	3.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	20	0%	65.0%	76.6 min	5.0%
YX Republic Airline	1	0%	100.0%	-19.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	569	75.7%	3.9 min	4.2%
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	554	75.1%	2.4 min	5.2%
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	537	74.9%	4.1 min	8.4%
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	506	79.1%	2.8 min	4.7%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	505	69.7%	8.9 min	10.3%
DFW–LAS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas	501	71.1%	10.7 min	4.8%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	477	73.0%	7.8 min	6.5%
DFW–MCO	Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando	411	74.7%	6.7 min	5.4%
DFW–SEA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle	405	75.6%	3.6 min	3.7%
DFW–MIA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami	392	69.6%	13.1 min	4.3%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	392	74.5%	9.1 min	5.4%
DFW–AUS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin	388	72.2%	21.5 min	5.9%

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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	33.4%	36.2%	130,968
Late-arriving aircraft	36.6%	34.7%	143,502
National Aviation System	14.9%	19.9%	58,532
Extreme weather	15.1%	9.1%	59,262
Security	0.1%	0.2%	293

392,557 delay minutes on 5,087 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 January 2025?

71.7% of 25,124 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 68.2% of 23,570 departures left on time and 2.8% were cancelled, against 71.7% and 6.3% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.