Dallas/Fort Worth International in April 2025

68.8%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 25,689 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 68.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.4% reached their destination on time; 3.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 11.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 24,911 departures with 71.5% leaving on time: a change of −2.7 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 69.5% of the time (25,688 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 67.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.0%
Cancelled 3.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	68.8%	71.5%	69.1%	80.6%
Arrived on time	67.4%	70.7%	69.9%	79.5%
Cancelled	3.4%	2.3%	2.8%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.7 min	21.1 min	22.3 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	856	830	856	19,465
Scheduled departures	25,689	24,911	312,515	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	13,535	53%	63.6%	21.0 min	3.2%
MQ Envoy Air	5,409	21%	72.2%	7.5 min	3.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,502	10%	69.4%	14.3 min	5.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	995	4%	74.5%	16.0 min	0.3%
OH PSA Airlines	982	4%	65.6%	21.2 min	6.9%
UA United Airlines	794	3%	72.2%	17.7 min	1.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	694	3%	72.3%	13.6 min	1.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	590	2%	82.0%	3.4 min	0.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	158	1%	70.3%	15.5 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	30	0%	63.3%	6.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	576	70.1%	11.2 min	1.6%
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	552	71.6%	12.7 min	2.2%
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	541	66.5%	24.0 min	2.4%
DFW–LAS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas	525	69.1%	14.0 min	3.2%
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	524	67.4%	14.1 min	2.3%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	515	62.3%	26.1 min	2.3%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	495	66.7%	19.7 min	3.6%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	488	69.5%	15.2 min	2.5%
DFW–AUS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin	423	64.8%	15.8 min	4.0%
DFW–SEA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle	419	72.6%	12.2 min	1.2%
DFW–MCO	Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando	378	61.1%	29.5 min	1.3%
DFW–SAT	Dallas/Fort Worth to San Antonio	378	63.5%	21.4 min	5.3%

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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	25.8%	32.7%	141,016
Late-arriving aircraft	45.5%	39.4%	248,716
National Aviation System	17.2%	22.2%	94,007
Extreme weather	11.4%	5.5%	62,346
Security	0.2%	0.2%	924

547,009 delay minutes on 7,447 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 April 2025?

68.8% of 25,689 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 71.5% of 24,911 departures left on time and 2.3% were cancelled, against 68.8% and 3.4% in April 2025.

Provenance

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