Dallas/Fort Worth International in March 2025

72.6%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 27,095 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 72.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.7% reached their destination on time; 3.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 7.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 25,567 departures with 69.9% leaving on time: a change of +2.7 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 75.0% of the time (27,087 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 70.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.9%
Cancelled 3.1%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	72.6%	69.9%	69.1%	79.9%
Arrived on time	70.7%	70.1%	69.9%	79.3%
Cancelled	3.1%	1.7%	2.8%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.2 min	22.4 min	22.3 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	903	852	856	20,029
Scheduled departures	27,095	25,567	312,515	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	14,273	53%	67.7%	16.3 min	2.4%
MQ Envoy Air	5,547	20%	76.5%	5.4 min	3.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,787	10%	67.0%	12.7 min	5.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,004	4%	78.4%	9.3 min	1.0%
OH PSA Airlines	996	4%	64.7%	26.9 min	7.3%
UA United Airlines	793	3%	81.7%	6.3 min	1.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	787	3%	75.2%	8.3 min	2.9%
NK Spirit Airlines	720	3%	81.7%	1.7 min	0.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	152	1%	73.7%	5.5 min	0.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	0%	77.4%	-0.6 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	5	0%	80.0%	6.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	606	78.7%	2.6 min	1.5%
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	567	68.3%	14.5 min	2.3%
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	557	74.0%	14.7 min	2.0%
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	545	73.4%	13.9 min	1.7%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	530	75.1%	8.9 min	2.3%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	525	69.1%	13.6 min	1.5%
DFW–LAS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas	524	69.5%	12.0 min	2.3%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	514	72.4%	10.9 min	2.5%
DFW–MCO	Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando	460	65.4%	20.9 min	3.7%
DFW–MIA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami	426	70.2%	19.1 min	1.4%
DFW–SEA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle	424	71.0%	7.5 min	1.2%
DFW–AUS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin	397	68.0%	12.8 min	4.5%

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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.7%	33.0%	155,675
Late-arriving aircraft	42.7%	39.2%	203,621
National Aviation System	18.3%	21.9%	87,325
Extreme weather	6.2%	5.9%	29,421
Security	0.1%	0.1%	406

476,448 delay minutes on 7,016 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 March 2025?

72.6% of 27,095 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 69.9% of 25,567 departures left on time and 1.7% were cancelled, against 72.6% and 3.1% in March 2025.

Provenance

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