OnTimeStats

Airport on-time performance

Dallas-Fort Worth

Data through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS
On-time rate70%flights departing here that arrived on time
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 departures is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.8%of scheduled departures
Left the gate on time72%departures that pushed back within 15 min of schedule (DepDel15)

based on 313,260 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

As a connection hub

Arriving here (inbound performance)

These figures reflect inbound flights arriving at this airport — relevant for connections and layovers.

74%arrived on time here
(within 15 min, inbound flights)
  • On time74%
  • 15–59 min late13%
  • 1–2 hr late5%
  • 2 hr+ late4%
  • Cancelled or diverted3%

Arrival outcomes for inbound flights. Last segment = cancelled or diverted.

Bad day: 1 in 10 flights arrives more than 55 min late.

By airline

Carriers departing here (last 12 months)

Delay = arrival delay (ArrDel15-based)

  • Envoy Airbest
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel2.1%
    Flights59,454
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel2.5%
    Flights11,797
  • United Airlines
    On-time74%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel1.8%
    Flights9,723
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel3.2%
    Flights20,835
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel2.1%
    Flights5,304
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel3.1%
    Flights3,512
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel4.2%
    Flights20,332
  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time69%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel1.3%
    Flights2,288
  • American Airlines
    On-time64%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel3.0%
    Flights162,573
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time63%
    Medianon time
    p90100 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights214

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When it gets busy

Busiest times at DFW

Historically, departures at DFW peak 10 a.m.–2 p.m. — 25% of scheduled flights leave in that block.

  • 5–10 a.m.22%
  • 10 a.m.–2 p.m.25%
  • 2–5 p.m.18%
  • 5–8 p.m.19%
  • 8 p.m.–midnight15%

Share of 930,276 scheduled departures by planned departure time, 2023-06 .. 2026-05. Historical averages from BTS data — not live airport status.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline11%
  • Weather82%
  • Air traffic (NAS)7%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 8,838 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Where flights go

Busiest routes

DFW → ATL→DFW → ORD→DFW → LAX→DFW → DEN→DFW → IAH→DFW → LGA→DFW → PHX→DFW → AUS→DFW → LAS→DFW → SAT→

Side by side

Compare this airport

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.