Dallas/Fort Worth International in July 2025

62.2%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 28,959 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 62.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 62.0% reached their destination on time; 3.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 7.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 29,084 departures with 61.5% leaving on time: a change of +0.7 points, with flights down 0%.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 67.6% of the time (28,961 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 62.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 34.4%
Cancelled 3.1%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	62.2%	61.5%	69.1%	69.7%
Arrived on time	62.0%	61.6%	69.9%	69.0%
Cancelled	3.1%	1.8%	2.8%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.7 min	30.3 min	22.3 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	965	970	856	21,048
Scheduled departures	28,959	29,084	312,515	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	14,621	50%	53.0%	32.0 min	3.5%
MQ Envoy Air	6,500	22%	73.9%	7.5 min	2.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,452	8%	73.4%	9.9 min	3.5%
OH PSA Airlines	1,905	7%	64.9%	23.4 min	3.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,054	4%	75.0%	11.7 min	2.7%
UA United Airlines	801	3%	66.9%	27.7 min	2.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	684	2%	64.0%	16.2 min	4.8%
NK Spirit Airlines	662	2%	68.4%	18.6 min	0.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	241	1%	50.2%	26.3 min	2.9%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	0%	35.5%	113.9 min	3.2%
YX Republic Airline	8	0%	50.0%	133.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	655	57.9%	32.0 min	4.6%
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	629	59.5%	21.2 min	6.7%
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	591	67.3%	17.1 min	3.2%
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	564	59.9%	29.1 min	1.2%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	540	53.7%	37.3 min	3.3%
DFW–SEA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle	506	61.9%	19.6 min	1.6%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	457	66.1%	25.6 min	4.6%
DFW–AUS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin	450	61.8%	18.2 min	4.0%
DFW–MCO	Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando	447	48.8%	34.0 min	2.7%
DFW–LAS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas	433	56.4%	25.5 min	3.5%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	420	59.3%	25.5 min	2.4%
DFW–MIA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami	412	55.6%	24.6 min	2.7%

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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	31.6%	31.1%	239,021
Late-arriving aircraft	47.1%	40.8%	356,284
National Aviation System	15.8%	20.7%	119,055
Extreme weather	5.4%	7.3%	40,924
Security	0.1%	0.1%	545

755,829 delay minutes on 9,953 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 July 2025?

62.2% of 28,959 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 62.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 61.5% of 29,084 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 62.2% and 3.1% in July 2025.

Provenance

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