OnTimeStats

Airport on-time performance

DFW

Dallas-Fort Worth

Data through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
On-time rate69%flights departing here that arrived on time
Median delayon timetypical departure delay
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 departures is worsetail risk
Cancelled2.8%of scheduled departures
Left the gate on time72%departures that pushed back within 15 min of schedule (DepDel15)

based on 315,854 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.

73%arrived on time here
(within 15 min, inbound flights)
  • On time73%
  • 15–59 min late14%
  • 1–2 hr late5%
  • 2 hr+ late5%
  • Cancelled or diverted3%

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

Bad day: 1 in 10 flights arrives more than 60 min late.

By airline

Carriers departing here (last 12 months)

Delay = arrival delay (ArrDel15-based)

  • Delta Air Linesbest
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel1.7%
    Flights12,120
  • Envoy Air
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel2.7%
    Flights63,290
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel1.2%
    Flights4,662
  • United Airlines
    On-time74%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel1.7%
    Flights9,522
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel3.6%
    Flights25,022
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel2.5%
    Flights4,850
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel4.4%
    Flights16,060
  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time66%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights2,281
  • American Airlines
    On-time64%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel2.7%
    Flights161,868
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time57%
    Medianon time
    p90100 min
    Cancel0.8%
    Flights245

Over time

Departure on-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

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→
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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.