Dallas/Fort Worth International in March 2026

69.2%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 26,008 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 69.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.3% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 3.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 27,095 departures with 72.6% leaving on time: a change of −3.4 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 76.5% of the time (26,005 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 71.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.8%
Cancelled 2.5%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	69.2%	72.6%	69.1%	72.8%
Arrived on time	71.3%	70.7%	69.9%	73.2%
Cancelled	2.5%	3.1%	2.8%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.6 min	18.2 min	22.3 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	867	903	856	20,403
Scheduled departures	26,008	27,095	312,515	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	14,267	55%	67.3%	16.3 min	1.7%
MQ Envoy Air	4,319	17%	86.5%	-3.8 min	1.1%
OH PSA Airlines	2,323	9%	66.5%	22.2 min	7.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,828	7%	71.4%	12.9 min	4.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	950	4%	77.6%	6.2 min	4.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	889	3%	69.9%	12.8 min	2.9%
UA United Airlines	821	3%	75.6%	15.4 min	1.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	413	2%	51.8%	29.3 min	8.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	151	1%	84.1%	0.5 min	1.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways	40	0%	47.5%	34.0 min	2.5%
YX Republic Airline	7	0%	85.7%	136.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	588	71.1%	13.1 min	2.7%
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	570	50.2%	35.6 min	6.3%
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	558	60.6%	25.3 min	4.1%
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	548	79.0%	-3.1 min	1.6%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	539	72.9%	11.7 min	1.1%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	489	68.1%	22.6 min	2.7%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	486	76.1%	3.8 min	1.2%
DFW–LAS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas	462	76.6%	4.8 min	1.1%
DFW–MCO	Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando	451	56.1%	24.0 min	4.0%
DFW–MIA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami	402	67.2%	16.8 min	3.0%
DFW–AUS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin	389	66.3%	18.8 min	3.1%
DFW–SEA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle	387	71.8%	9.7 min	2.6%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	34.4%	33.5%	176,607
Late-arriving aircraft	44.6%	39.3%	229,181
National Aviation System	14.0%	21.0%	71,622
Extreme weather	6.9%	5.9%	35,514
Security	0.1%	0.2%	370

513,294 delay minutes on 6,719 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 March 2026?

69.2% of 26,008 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 72.6% of 27,095 departures left on time and 3.1% were cancelled, against 69.2% and 2.5% in March 2026.

Provenance

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