On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Dallas/Fort Worth to Fort Wayne: on-time record

Dallas/Fort Worth International to Fort Wayne International

77.0%arrived 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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.

77.0% of scheduled DFW to FWA flights arrived on time in the 12 months to July 2026. The figure covers 1,031 flights between Dallas/Fort Worth and Fort Wayne by carriers that report to BTS, a distance of 859 miles.

That is 1.0 points above the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 7.1 points above the 69.9% recorded for all departures from DFW. Flights that did arrive were 7.0 min late on average, and 2.7% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

2 reporting carriers flew the route at least 60 times. Envoy Air had the highest on-time share at 80.1% of 617 flights; PSA Airlines had the lowest at 72.3% of 400.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at DFW), flights leaving from 9 am to 10 am had the highest on-time share, 93.0%; those leaving from 7 pm to 8 pm had the lowest, 68.0%.

The on-time share is down 3.1 points on the previous 12 months (80.1%); cancellations moved from 1.4% to 2.7%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 18%.

77.0%arrived on timenational 76.0%
7.0 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
2.7%cancellednational 1.8%
86flights a month1,031 in 12 months · 859 miles
Every scheduled DFW to FWA flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MQ Envoy Air61760%80.1%2.8 min1.5%
OH PSA Airlines40039%72.3%12.9 min4.8%

Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.

Compared with the airports and the nation

MeasureDFW to FWAAll departures from DFWAll arrivals at FWAAll reported flights
Arrived on time77.0%69.9%70.3%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late20.3%27.0%26.7%21.9%
Cancelled2.7%2.8%2.9%1.8%
Diverted0.0%0.3%0.2%0.3%
Average arrival delay7.0 min14.2 min15.7 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights1,5002,1062,2711,684
Scheduled flights1,031312,5156,2777,043,858

12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.

The return direction, FWA to DFW, recorded 76.3% on time across 1,031 flights in the same period.

Month by month

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Share of scheduled DFW to FWA flights that arrived on time, Aug 2023 to Jul 2026. Green columns are at or above the national figure for that month (the dark tick), amber below it, red more than eight points below.

Year on year: on time 77.0% against 80.1% (−3.1 pts), cancelled 2.7% against 1.4%, flights 1,031 against 1,055.

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of flights that arrived on time, by the hour they were scheduled to leave DFW (local time), 12 months to July 2026. Faded cells have few flights. Hover or tap a cell for counts.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNationalMinutes
Air carrier27.3%33.3%3,903
Late-arriving aircraft45.9%39.7%6,565
National Aviation System17.7%20.7%2,528
Extreme weather9.1%6.1%1,308
Security0.0%0.1%0
14,304 delay minutes on 209 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Seasonality

Calendar monthFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg arrival delayYears in sample
Jan24879.4%5.2%1.5 min3
Feb20980.4%0.0%1.2 min3
Mar21774.7%2.8%12.2 min3
Apr23476.9%2.6%6.9 min3
May24472.1%2.5%12.4 min3
Jun26670.7%1.5%8.7 min3
Jul27377.7%1.1%3.9 min3
Aug25379.8%0.8%1.2 min3
Sep26585.7%0.4%-1.1 min3
Oct27582.9%0.0%0.6 min3
Nov26282.4%2.3%1.9 min3
Dec26182.0%0.0%5.3 min3

Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.

Other routes from Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DFW–ORDDallas/Fort Worth to Chicago7,00165.9%20.0 min3.0%
DFW–LGADallas/Fort Worth to New York6,70562.4%20.0 min4.9%
DFW–ATLDallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta6,69073.1%10.6 min2.6%
DFW–LAXDallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles6,23571.2%10.9 min2.3%
DFW–DENDallas/Fort Worth to Denver6,03268.3%15.5 min2.1%
DFW–IAHDallas/Fort Worth to Houston5,80567.4%19.4 min2.6%
DFW–PHXDallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix5,23070.4%13.5 min2.5%
DFW–SEADallas/Fort Worth to Seattle5,22869.1%13.5 min2.0%

All 187 routes and the airport record for DFW · airport record for FWA

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Fort Wayne on time?

77.0% of the 1,031 flights scheduled from DFW to FWA in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.

Which airline has the highest on-time share from DFW to FWA?

Among reporting carriers with at least 60 flights on the route, Envoy Air had the highest on-time share (80.1%), followed by PSA Airlines (72.3%). Differences of a point or two on a few hundred flights are small.

What causes delays between Dallas/Fort Worth and Fort Wayne?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 27%, national aviation system 18%, extreme weather 9%, security 0%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.

What time of day has the highest on-time share from DFW?

Flights scheduled to leave DFW from 9 am to 10 am arrived on time 93.0% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 7 pm to 8 pm at 68.0%. Delays tend to build through the day as late aircraft carry over to later flights.

Is it getting better?

The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 77.0%, down 3.1 points on the previous 12 months (80.1%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, September had the highest on-time share (85.7%) and June the lowest (70.7%).

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.