Dallas/Fort Worth International in August 2025

65.3%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 27,091 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 65.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 63.8% reached their destination on time; 2.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 11.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 27,900 departures with 71.7% leaving on time: a change of −6.4 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 69.3% of the time (27,105 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 63.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 33.3%
Cancelled 2.7%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	65.3%	71.7%	69.1%	76.8%
Arrived on time	63.8%	73.2%	69.9%	76.3%
Cancelled	2.7%	1.0%	2.8%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.8 min	21.2 min	22.3 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	903	930	856	20,079
Scheduled departures	27,091	27,900	312,515	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	13,659	50%	54.2%	33.0 min	3.6%
MQ Envoy Air	6,178	23%	75.2%	9.3 min	1.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,201	8%	73.1%	11.5 min	2.2%
OH PSA Airlines	1,737	6%	67.2%	26.1 min	3.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,050	4%	80.0%	8.2 min	1.2%
UA United Airlines	810	3%	69.4%	19.8 min	1.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	689	3%	72.6%	12.3 min	1.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	501	2%	77.2%	4.8 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	229	1%	61.1%	26.9 min	0.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	0%	64.5%	17.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	6	0%	16.7%	124.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	601	65.7%	15.6 min	3.3%
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	580	59.1%	30.6 min	3.6%
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	559	59.4%	23.0 min	2.5%
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	553	70.0%	9.9 min	2.2%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	514	56.4%	29.2 min	2.3%
DFW–SEA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle	475	64.2%	23.3 min	2.5%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	464	56.9%	33.0 min	2.8%
DFW–MIA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami	420	51.9%	29.7 min	3.1%
DFW–LAS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas	397	61.5%	22.8 min	2.3%
DFW–SAT	Dallas/Fort Worth to San Antonio	383	55.6%	34.9 min	3.9%
DFW–MCO	Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando	369	46.9%	36.5 min	3.0%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	363	57.9%	36.0 min	1.9%

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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	26.5%	33.1%	189,937
Late-arriving aircraft	49.4%	40.5%	354,261
National Aviation System	12.8%	19.2%	91,806
Extreme weather	11.2%	7.0%	80,359
Security	0.2%	0.1%	1,476

717,839 delay minutes on 9,014 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 August 2025?

65.3% of 27,091 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 63.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 71.7% of 27,900 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 65.3% and 2.7% in August 2025.

Provenance

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