Dallas/Fort Worth International in February 2026

75.6%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 22,019 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 75.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.7% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 2.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 22,869 departures with 76.7% leaving on time: a change of −1.1 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 81.9% of the time (22,011 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 42% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 77.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.8%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	75.6%	76.7%	69.1%	78.1%
Arrived on time	77.7%	76.9%	69.9%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.3%	1.4%	2.8%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.7 min	15.6 min	22.3 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	734	762	856	17,168
Scheduled departures	22,019	22,869	312,515	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	12,083	55%	73.3%	9.0 min	1.1%
MQ Envoy Air	3,750	17%	90.7%	-6.0 min	0.6%
OH PSA Airlines	1,925	9%	77.5%	7.7 min	2.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,535	7%	70.4%	13.2 min	2.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	843	4%	85.5%	-0.9 min	2.5%
UA United Airlines	734	3%	85.0%	0.9 min	1.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	634	3%	85.2%	-2.3 min	0.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	356	2%	69.1%	12.1 min	5.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	135	1%	85.9%	-5.9 min	1.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways	23	0%	78.3%	15.4 min	8.7%
YX Republic Airline	1	0%	0.0%	39.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	511	79.6%	5.3 min	0.2%
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	501	83.0%	1.7 min	0.4%
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	486	69.3%	10.6 min	8.6%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	460	74.6%	6.3 min	0.7%
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	445	74.6%	3.0 min	1.1%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	413	86.0%	0.8 min	0.5%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	400	79.3%	3.5 min	0.5%
DFW–MCO	Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando	385	69.4%	11.4 min	0.5%
DFW–LAS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas	380	71.8%	7.5 min	0.5%
DFW–MIA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami	360	73.1%	9.5 min	0.8%
DFW–SEA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle	342	77.5%	4.8 min	0.3%
DFW–AUS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin	339	77.0%	8.0 min	0.6%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	42.0%	38.2%	121,017
Late-arriving aircraft	41.7%	37.2%	120,053
National Aviation System	11.3%	18.5%	32,650
Extreme weather	4.8%	6.0%	13,780
Security	0.1%	0.2%	389

287,889 delay minutes on 4,580 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 February 2026?

75.6% of 22,019 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 76.7% of 22,869 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 75.6% and 1.3% in February 2026.

Provenance

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