Dallas/Fort Worth International in September 2025

76.0%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 25,641 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 76.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.8% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 7.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 26,198 departures with 80.2% leaving on time: a change of −4.2 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 78.8% of the time (25,638 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 75.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.1%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	76.0%	80.2%	69.1%	83.1%
Arrived on time	75.8%	80.3%	69.9%	82.8%
Cancelled	1.9%	0.3%	2.8%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.7 min	12.1 min	22.3 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	855	873	856	18,748
Scheduled departures	25,641	26,198	312,515	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	12,853	50%	71.1%	13.4 min	2.6%
MQ Envoy Air	5,888	23%	82.5%	1.8 min	1.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,065	8%	79.4%	4.9 min	2.1%
OH PSA Airlines	1,584	6%	78.8%	5.4 min	1.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,024	4%	83.5%	0.9 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	843	3%	76.2%	9.7 min	0.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	737	3%	76.4%	13.6 min	0.8%
NK Spirit Airlines	421	2%	81.0%	6.1 min	1.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	200	1%	72.0%	10.8 min	0.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways	26	0%	19.2%	64.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	590	76.9%	5.5 min	1.9%
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	545	82.6%	-1.2 min	0.9%
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	534	72.5%	12.6 min	1.5%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	498	69.1%	12.1 min	2.2%
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	485	75.5%	10.9 min	1.4%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	462	72.3%	9.6 min	1.7%
DFW–SEA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle	429	73.7%	9.8 min	1.4%
DFW–LAS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas	426	69.7%	15.5 min	2.3%
DFW–MIA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami	404	74.3%	5.1 min	3.2%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	402	72.4%	11.3 min	3.5%
DFW–MCO	Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando	375	78.4%	3.7 min	1.3%
DFW–AUS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin	370	75.4%	10.2 min	2.2%

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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.5%	34.3%	135,960
Late-arriving aircraft	42.3%	37.4%	176,990
National Aviation System	19.0%	22.6%	79,513
Extreme weather	6.0%	5.6%	25,043
Security	0.2%	0.1%	729

418,235 delay minutes on 5,666 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 September 2025?

76.0% of 25,641 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 80.2% of 26,198 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 76.0% and 1.9% in September 2025.

Provenance

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