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Airport month · October 2025
Dallas/Fort Worth International in October 2025
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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 27,182 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 75.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.0% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 4.7 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 27,861 departures with 81.9% leaving on time: a change of −6.6 points, with flights down 2%.
Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 78.6% of the time (27,183 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 74.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.6%
- Cancelled 1.2%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.3% | 81.9% | 69.1% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 74.0% | 83.6% | 69.9% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2.8% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.5 min | 11.6 min | 22.3 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 906 | 929 | 856 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 27,182 | 27,861 | 312,515 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 13,761 | 51% | 68.6% | 14.8 min | 1.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 6,058 | 22% | 82.6% | 1.7 min | 1.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 2,256 | 8% | 75.2% | 7.3 min | 1.2% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 1,609 | 6% | 82.0% | 4.1 min | 1.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,056 | 4% | 78.5% | 6.9 min | 0.9% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 889 | 3% | 75.9% | 4.8 min | 0.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 873 | 3% | 73.8% | 8.2 min | 0.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 452 | 2% | 80.1% | 5.0 min | 0.4% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 197 | 1% | 73.1% | 6.6 min | 1.5% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 31 | 0% | 38.7% | 38.9 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFW–LGA | Dallas/Fort Worth to New York | 614 | 62.4% | 19.6 min | 1.8% |
| DFW–ORD | Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago | 606 | 72.9% | 10.9 min | 0.5% |
| DFW–ATL | Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta | 576 | 79.9% | 3.6 min | 0.7% |
| DFW–LAX | Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles | 559 | 73.5% | 10.5 min | 1.1% |
| DFW–DEN | Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver | 522 | 71.3% | 8.8 min | 1.3% |
| DFW–IAH | Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston | 503 | 64.0% | 13.2 min | 1.6% |
| DFW–LAS | Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas | 476 | 69.3% | 17.6 min | 1.1% |
| DFW–SEA | Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle | 442 | 68.1% | 9.9 min | 0.9% |
| DFW–PHX | Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix | 432 | 71.1% | 10.5 min | 1.4% |
| DFW–AUS | Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin | 417 | 66.4% | 12.3 min | 2.6% |
| DFW–MIA | Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami | 416 | 72.4% | 9.4 min | 0.7% |
| DFW–MCO | Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando | 388 | 61.9% | 25.3 min | 2.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DFW on time in October 2025?
75.3% of 27,182 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 81.9% of 27,861 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 75.3% and 1.2% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.