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Airport month · February 2025
Dallas/Fort Worth International in February 2025
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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 22,869 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 76.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.9% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 2.5 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 22,679 departures with 82.8% leaving on time: a change of −6.1 points, with flights up 1%.
Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 78.3% of the time (22,857 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 76.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.4%
- Cancelled 1.4%
- Diverted 0.3%
February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Feb 2025 | Feb 2024 | DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.7% | 82.8% | 69.1% | 79.2% |
| Arrived on time | 76.9% | 82.8% | 69.9% | 77.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.4% | 0.1% | 2.8% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.6 min | 10.4 min | 22.3 min | 15.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 762 | 756 | 856 | 16,830 |
| Scheduled departures | 22,869 | 22,679 | 312,515 | 504,884 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 11,885 | 52% | 76.6% | 8.1 min | 1.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 4,735 | 21% | 81.7% | 1.5 min | 1.8% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 2,377 | 10% | 66.8% | 15.6 min | 2.3% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 943 | 4% | 65.9% | 23.2 min | 5.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 892 | 4% | 84.1% | 2.1 min | 0.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 706 | 3% | 84.0% | -0.3 min | 0.4% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 654 | 3% | 81.0% | 0.5 min | 1.1% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 515 | 2% | 81.7% | 4.9 min | 0.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 136 | 1% | 75.7% | 5.1 min | 1.5% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 22 | 0% | 54.5% | 23.1 min | 4.5% |
| YX Republic Airline | 4 | 0% | 75.0% | -0.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFW–LGA | Dallas/Fort Worth to New York | 510 | 77.8% | 8.3 min | 1.2% |
| DFW–LAX | Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles | 496 | 83.5% | -1.1 min | 0.4% |
| DFW–ATL | Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta | 473 | 79.3% | 4.8 min | 0.4% |
| DFW–LAS | Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas | 458 | 80.3% | 2.7 min | 0.2% |
| DFW–ORD | Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago | 454 | 84.6% | -1.3 min | 0.2% |
| DFW–DEN | Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver | 453 | 81.9% | 2.1 min | 0.4% |
| DFW–IAH | Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston | 452 | 78.3% | 4.0 min | 0.4% |
| DFW–PHX | Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix | 392 | 80.4% | 4.2 min | 0.8% |
| DFW–MCO | Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando | 375 | 75.7% | 5.8 min | 0.5% |
| DFW–MIA | Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami | 370 | 74.9% | 14.4 min | 0.5% |
| DFW–SEA | Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle | 357 | 78.7% | 6.1 min | 0.3% |
| DFW–AUS | Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin | 348 | 79.0% | 5.9 min | 1.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DFW on time in February 2025?
76.7% of 22,869 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In February 2024, 82.8% of 22,679 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 76.7% and 1.4% in February 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 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.