Dallas/Fort Worth International in July 2026

63.9%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 28,623 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 63.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 65.1% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 4.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 28,959 departures with 62.2% leaving on time: a change of +1.7 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 73.9% of the time (28,623 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 65.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 33.2%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	63.9%	62.2%	69.1%	68.8%
Arrived on time	65.1%	62.0%	69.9%	69.4%
Cancelled	1.2%	3.1%	2.8%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.7 min	27.7 min	22.3 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	954	965	856	21,066
Scheduled departures	28,623	28,959	312,515	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	14,745	52%	54.8%	33.1 min	1.2%
MQ Envoy Air	6,666	23%	81.5%	3.4 min	0.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,996	7%	76.0%	11.7 min	0.3%
OH PSA Airlines	1,715	6%	66.6%	22.3 min	2.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	1,204	4%	65.0%	19.1 min	2.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	998	3%	74.4%	11.6 min	3.5%
UA United Airlines	937	3%	71.0%	17.0 min	1.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	274	1%	77.0%	5.9 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	85	0%	62.4%	32.9 min	5.9%
YX Republic Airline	3	0%	33.3%	39.0 min	33.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	692	66.0%	21.1 min	2.2%
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	578	62.1%	25.9 min	1.0%
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	561	69.9%	12.0 min	1.2%
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	548	48.4%	32.7 min	7.5%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	547	62.5%	27.8 min	0.7%
DFW–SEA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle	502	73.3%	12.2 min	0.2%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	482	63.5%	24.2 min	0.6%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	479	68.3%	15.2 min	1.5%
DFW–MCO	Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando	438	50.7%	37.3 min	0.9%
DFW–SFO	Dallas/Fort Worth to San Francisco	422	45.5%	30.4 min	2.1%
DFW–AUS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin	414	66.9%	23.9 min	1.2%
DFW–MIA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Miami	403	51.6%	28.2 min	0.2%

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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	28.6%	31.7%	219,566
Late-arriving aircraft	53.4%	41.8%	409,423
National Aviation System	13.8%	19.9%	105,666
Extreme weather	4.2%	6.5%	31,965
Security	0.1%	0.1%	747

767,367 delay minutes on 9,492 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 July 2026?

63.9% of 28,623 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 65.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 62.2% of 28,959 departures left on time and 3.1% were cancelled, against 63.9% and 1.2% in July 2026.

Provenance

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