Dallas/Fort Worth International in January 2026

66.2%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 24,229 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 66.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.8% reached their destination on time; 9.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 9.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 25,124 departures with 71.7% leaving on time: a change of −5.5 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 71.6% of the time (24,229 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 31% and extreme weather 19%.

On time 67.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.1%
Cancelled 9.9%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from DFW in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	66.2%	71.7%	69.1%	75.6%
Arrived on time	67.8%	73.2%	69.9%	75.3%
Cancelled	9.9%	6.3%	2.8%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.3 min	18.0 min	22.3 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	808	838	856	18,133
Scheduled departures	24,229	25,124	312,515	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	13,039	54%	60.8%	20.3 min	11.2%
MQ Envoy Air	4,614	19%	79.4%	0.5 min	7.3%
OH PSA Airlines	1,877	8%	74.2%	5.2 min	10.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,741	7%	69.8%	11.1 min	9.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	931	4%	78.7%	2.5 min	8.5%
UA United Airlines	761	3%	77.3%	8.3 min	7.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	698	3%	74.8%	3.5 min	5.9%
NK Spirit Airlines	396	2%	68.2%	4.8 min	11.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	151	1%	71.5%	3.3 min	5.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways	19	0%	57.9%	21.3 min	15.8%
YX Republic Airline	2	0%	100.0%	-13.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	558	71.1%	7.7 min	10.0%
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	535	66.7%	11.4 min	10.8%
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	501	63.1%	22.7 min	8.2%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	480	66.9%	12.0 min	8.8%
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	477	67.7%	11.6 min	9.9%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	475	73.7%	11.3 min	8.6%
DFW–MCO	Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando	438	59.8%	17.7 min	10.3%
DFW–MIA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami	436	66.3%	22.6 min	8.9%
DFW–LAS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas	422	66.6%	14.4 min	9.5%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	403	65.3%	18.3 min	8.7%
DFW–SEA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle	400	65.5%	13.0 min	9.5%
DFW–AUS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin	376	63.0%	14.3 min	9.8%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	31.1%	37.3%	131,895
Late-arriving aircraft	40.0%	35.0%	169,703
National Aviation System	10.1%	18.0%	42,664
Extreme weather	18.7%	9.6%	79,440
Security	0.1%	0.1%	274

423,976 delay minutes on 5,356 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 January 2026?

66.2% of 24,229 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 71.7% of 25,124 departures left on time and 6.3% were cancelled, against 66.2% and 9.9% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.