On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Springfield to Dallas/Fort Worth: on-time record

Springfield-Branson National to Dallas/Fort Worth International

78.9%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.

78.9% of scheduled SGF to DFW flights arrived on time in the 12 months to July 2026. The figure covers 3,089 flights between Springfield and Dallas/Fort Worth by carriers that report to BTS, a distance of 364 miles.

That is 2.9 points above the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 1.7 points above the 77.2% recorded for all departures from SGF. Flights that did arrive were 6.6 min late on average, and 2.3% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

3 reporting carriers flew the route at least 60 times. PSA Airlines had the highest on-time share at 79.1% of 383 flights; SkyWest Airlines had the lowest at 75.2% of 125.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at SGF), flights leaving from 5 am to 6 am had the highest on-time share, 92.6%; those leaving from 7 pm to 8 pm had the lowest, 65.3%.

The on-time share is up 4.6 points on the previous 12 months (74.3%); cancellations moved from 1.8% to 2.3%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, late-arriving aircraft 49%, national aviation system 20% and air carrier 19%.

78.9%arrived on timenational 76.0%
6.6 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
2.3%cancellednational 1.8%
257flights a month3,089 in 12 months · 364 miles
Every scheduled SGF to DFW flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MQ Envoy Air2,58184%79.0%6.9 min1.8%
OH PSA Airlines38312%79.1%4.6 min5.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines1254%75.2%6.7 min3.2%

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

MeasureSGF to DFWAll departures from SGFAll arrivals at DFWAll reported flights
Arrived on time78.9%77.2%74.9%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late18.5%20.7%21.7%21.9%
Cancelled2.3%1.9%2.9%1.8%
Diverted0.3%0.2%0.6%0.3%
Average arrival delay6.6 min8.9 min12.0 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights1,6631,8582,1531,684
Scheduled flights3,0898,569312,5157,043,858

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, DFW to SGF, recorded 79.5% on time across 3,091 flights in the same period.

Month by month

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Share of scheduled SGF to DFW 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 78.9% against 74.3% (+4.6 pts), cancelled 2.3% against 1.8%, flights 3,089 against 3,044.

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 SGF (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 carrier19.0%33.3%9,243
Late-arriving aircraft49.0%39.7%23,873
National Aviation System20.0%20.7%9,757
Extreme weather11.6%6.1%5,661
Security0.4%0.1%217
48,751 delay minutes on 573 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
Jan70471.0%6.4%13.0 min3
Feb63180.2%1.4%0.8 min3
Mar70678.3%2.0%7.1 min3
Apr72772.8%2.2%19.1 min3
May76466.9%4.3%19.5 min3
Jun78970.8%2.8%17.0 min3
Jul81175.2%1.2%10.5 min3
Aug78380.6%0.4%6.6 min3
Sep77879.2%0.1%3.9 min3
Oct79781.9%0.6%4.0 min3
Nov75380.5%2.1%3.3 min3
Dec74780.2%0.5%4.7 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 Springfield (SGF)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SGF–ORDSpringfield to Chicago1,46969.4%15.4 min3.2%
SGF–DENSpringfield to Denver1,30179.7%7.9 min0.6%
SGF–CLTSpringfield to Charlotte1,19284.4%-0.5 min2.0%
SGF–ATLSpringfield to Atlanta59181.2%7.6 min1.2%
SGF–AZASpringfield to Phoenix18669.9%11.8 min0.0%
SGF–PIESpringfield to St. Petersburg18363.4%28.2 min0.0%
SGF–SFBSpringfield to Sanford15858.9%44.5 min0.6%
SGF–LASSpringfield to Las Vegas12582.4%3.7 min1.6%

All 16 routes and the airport record for SGF · airport record for DFW

Questions and answers

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

78.9% of the 3,089 flights scheduled from SGF to DFW 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 SGF to DFW?

Among reporting carriers with at least 60 flights on the route, PSA Airlines had the highest on-time share (79.1%), followed by Envoy Air (79.0%) and SkyWest Airlines (75.2%). Differences of a point or two on a few hundred flights are small.

What causes delays between Springfield and Dallas/Fort Worth?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: late-arriving aircraft 49%, national aviation system 20%, air carrier 19%, extreme weather 12%, 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 SGF?

Flights scheduled to leave SGF from 5 am to 6 am arrived on time 92.6% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 7 pm to 8 pm at 65.3%. 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 78.9%, up 4.6 points on the previous 12 months (74.3%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, October had the highest on-time share (81.9%) and May the lowest (66.9%).

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.