Dallas/Fort Worth International in November 2025

70.9%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 25,032 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 70.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.6% reached their destination on time; 3.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 7.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 25,197 departures with 77.9% leaving on time: a change of −7.0 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 73.9% of the time (25,034 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 71.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.8%
Cancelled 3.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	70.9%	77.9%	69.1%	78.1%
Arrived on time	71.6%	77.9%	69.9%	77.3%
Cancelled	3.5%	1.7%	2.8%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.9 min	15.1 min	22.3 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	834	840	856	19,018
Scheduled departures	25,032	25,197	312,515	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	13,445	54%	66.6%	17.9 min	3.0%
MQ Envoy Air	4,700	19%	82.4%	-2.6 min	4.5%
OH PSA Airlines	2,051	8%	72.9%	13.2 min	4.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,528	6%	74.1%	6.6 min	5.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	995	4%	78.4%	8.0 min	1.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	872	3%	71.1%	15.2 min	2.1%
UA United Airlines	822	3%	71.0%	17.5 min	3.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	403	2%	76.4%	12.3 min	1.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	186	1%	78.5%	0.6 min	1.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	30	0%	76.7%	13.4 min	3.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	591	62.8%	21.3 min	5.8%
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	582	57.4%	31.9 min	2.9%
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	553	73.4%	10.2 min	2.7%
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	532	74.1%	9.9 min	3.2%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	474	64.1%	21.2 min	4.9%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	468	75.2%	13.7 min	2.8%
DFW–MIA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami	421	69.4%	18.5 min	1.4%
DFW–LAS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas	420	68.8%	13.1 min	2.9%
DFW–SEA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle	412	72.3%	7.3 min	1.9%
DFW–AUS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin	398	62.3%	25.8 min	3.3%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	397	66.2%	17.8 min	2.3%
DFW–MCO	Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando	374	65.5%	19.5 min	2.4%

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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.0%	30.2%	151,250
Late-arriving aircraft	44.1%	38.3%	208,507
National Aviation System	15.7%	26.7%	74,520
Extreme weather	8.2%	4.6%	38,579
Security	0.1%	0.1%	451

473,307 delay minutes on 6,202 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 November 2025?

70.9% of 25,032 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 77.9% of 25,197 departures left on time and 1.7% were cancelled, against 70.9% and 3.5% in November 2025.

Provenance

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