Dallas/Fort Worth International in December 2025

69.1%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 25,770 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 69.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.0% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 2.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 25,814 departures with 71.9% leaving on time: a change of −2.8 points, with flights down 0%.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 76.1% of the time (25,769 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 71.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.0%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	69.1%	71.9%	69.1%	72.0%
Arrived on time	71.0%	73.2%	69.9%	71.9%
Cancelled	0.6%	2.1%	2.8%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.5 min	22.5 min	22.3 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	859	861	856	19,410
Scheduled departures	25,770	25,814	312,515	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	13,864	54%	65.3%	18.1 min	0.2%
MQ Envoy Air	4,850	19%	83.6%	0.2 min	0.4%
OH PSA Airlines	2,067	8%	65.6%	24.3 min	1.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,811	7%	79.9%	7.8 min	0.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	980	4%	75.2%	10.6 min	4.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	807	3%	74.7%	8.2 min	3.1%
UA United Airlines	742	3%	80.3%	6.3 min	0.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	420	2%	72.1%	13.8 min	1.9%
AS Alaska Airlines	194	1%	69.6%	12.5 min	1.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	29	0%	58.6%	23.1 min	3.4%
YX Republic Airline	6	0%	50.0%	62.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	574	75.4%	8.2 min	2.3%
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	552	65.8%	19.9 min	1.3%
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	542	59.0%	25.0 min	5.2%
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	508	73.4%	7.1 min	0.0%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	502	71.3%	11.8 min	0.2%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	480	70.2%	11.5 min	0.0%
DFW–SEA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle	453	60.3%	18.4 min	0.7%
DFW–LAS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas	445	74.6%	5.0 min	1.3%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	425	78.1%	5.7 min	0.0%
DFW–MCO	Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando	411	69.1%	11.6 min	0.5%
DFW–AUS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin	410	67.1%	15.4 min	0.0%
DFW–MIA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami	399	69.2%	16.6 min	0.5%

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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	37.6%	33.3%	182,284
Late-arriving aircraft	48.9%	41.1%	237,394
National Aviation System	10.7%	19.1%	51,774
Extreme weather	2.7%	6.4%	13,052
Security	0.1%	0.2%	492

484,996 delay minutes on 7,209 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 December 2025?

69.1% of 25,770 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 71.9% of 25,814 departures left on time and 2.1% were cancelled, against 69.1% and 0.6% in December 2025.

Provenance

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