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Dallas Love Field (DAL) delays & on-time performance

Dallas, Texas · 81 nonstop destinations · 2 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.4%
978 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
56 min when late
Departed on time
68%
avg taxi-out 14 min

Figures cover 70,439 departures from DAL; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into DAL were on time 77% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Dallas Love Field (DAL) arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
  • 1.4% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • Departures scheduled around 6am did best (93% on time); around 9pm did worst (51%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (50%).

Most delayed routes from DAL

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 81 routes from DAL →

Most reliable routes from DAL

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at DAL

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
Delta Air Lines81%2.2%18 min11,828
Southwest Airlines73%1.4%16 min8168,611

Best time to fly out of DAL

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 6am93%5,020 flts
  • 7am89%4,450 flts
  • 8am89%4,748 flts
  • 9am87%4,327 flts
  • 10am83%4,162 flts
  • 11am79%4,800 flts
  • 12pm74%4,479 flts
  • 1pm71%4,788 flts
  • 2pm73%3,837 flts
  • 3pm68%4,569 flts
  • 4pm62%4,707 flts
  • 5pm60%3,801 flts
  • 6pm61%3,989 flts
  • 7pm59%4,383 flts
  • 8pm58%4,041 flts
  • 9pm51%2,713 flts
  • 10pm53%1,594 flts

Monthly trend

40%70%100%July 2025: 68.5% on time, 1.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 75.5% on time, 0.5% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 81.9% on time, 0.1% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 75.9% on time, 0.8% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 76.4% on time, 2.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 78.7% on time, 0.4% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 82.8% on time, 5.5% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 79.7% on time, 0.9% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 70.3% on time, 1.3% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 71.1% on time, 0.7% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 64.3% on time, 1.7% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 56.5% on time, 1.2% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 64.6% on time, 1.1% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft50%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)30%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion16%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security0%

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.