On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Dallas/Fort Worth to Columbus: on-time record

Dallas/Fort Worth International to Golden Triangle Regional

77.4%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.

In the 12 months to July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 367 flights from Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) to Columbus (GTR), a distance of 491 miles. 77.4% of them arrived within 15 minutes of schedule.

That is 1.4 points above the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 7.5 points above the 69.9% recorded for all departures from DFW. Flights that did arrive were 7.3 min late on average, and 3.0% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

SkyWest Airlines is the only reporting carrier on the route, with 367 flights in the period.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and extreme weather 19%.

77.4%arrived on timenational 76.0%
7.3 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
3.0%cancellednational 1.8%
31flights a month367 in 12 months · 491 miles
Every scheduled DFW to GTR flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines367100%77.4%7.3 min3.0%

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 GTRAll departures from DFWAll arrivals at GTRAll reported flights
Arrived on time77.4%69.9%77.4%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late19.3%27.0%19.3%21.9%
Cancelled3.0%2.8%3.0%1.8%
Diverted0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%
Average arrival delay7.3 min14.2 min7.3 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights1,7682,1061,7681,684
Scheduled flights367312,5153677,043,858

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, GTR to DFW, recorded 70.8% on time across 367 flights in the same period.

Month by month

100%columns start at 40%
Share of scheduled DFW to GTR 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.

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 carrier44.9%33.3%2,817
Late-arriving aircraft26.5%39.7%1,666
National Aviation System9.9%20.7%622
Extreme weather18.6%6.1%1,170
Security0.0%0.1%0
6,275 delay minutes on 71 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
Jan3177.4%9.7%-11.5 min1
Feb2889.3%0.0%2.7 min1
Mar3196.8%3.2%-12.2 min1
Apr3063.3%0.0%12.0 min1
May5875.9%6.9%7.7 min2
Jun6068.3%3.3%16.2 min2
Jul6267.7%0.0%16.1 min2
Aug3174.2%0.0%33.7 min1
Sep3076.7%0.0%22.8 min1
Oct3384.8%3.0%-1.3 min1
Nov3086.7%3.3%-11.8 min1
Dec3187.1%0.0%-4.1 min1

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 GTR

Questions and answers

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

77.4% of the 367 flights scheduled from DFW to GTR 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 GTR?

SkyWest Airlines is the only reporting carrier with at least 60 flights on the route in the period, so there is no comparison to make.

What causes delays between Dallas/Fort Worth and Columbus?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 27%, extreme weather 19%, national aviation system 10%, 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?

Too few departure hours carry enough flights on this route to compare them.

Is it getting better?

The route does not have enough flights in the previous 12 months for a year-on-year comparison. The monthly chart on this page shows the months that are available.

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.