Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) delays & on-time performance
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas · 187 nonstop destinations · 11 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at DFW right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.8%
8,747 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
74 min when late
Departed on time
71%
avg taxi-out 19 min
Figures cover 312,515 departures from DFW; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into DFW were on time 78% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
- 2.8% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
- Envoy Air was the most punctual airline here (83% on time); American Airlines was the least (66%).
- Departures scheduled around 7am did best (84% on time); around 8pm did worst (61%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).
Most delayed routes from DFW
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- MDT · Harrisburg56%365 flts
- BUF · Buffalo60%578 flts
- SFO · San Francisco61%4,179 flts
- GEG · Spokane62%559 flts
- MSN · Madison62%1,093 flts
- JAC · Jackson62%749 flts
- ANC · Anchorage63%394 flts
- ILM · Wilmington63%708 flts
- BOI · Boise63%802 flts
- JAX · Jacksonville63%1,834 flts
Most reliable routes from DFW
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- CLL · College Station/Bryan86%1,213 flts
- GNV · Gainesville85%703 flts
- CMI · Champaign/Urbana85%719 flts
- SPS · Wichita Falls85%729 flts
- HRL · Harlingen/San Benito85%1,483 flts
- BRO · Brownsville84%1,423 flts
- FAR · Fargo84%1,086 flts
- MLU · Monroe84%1,135 flts
- AEX · Alexandria84%1,045 flts
- FSM · Fort Smith84%1,194 flts
Best airline at DFW
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy Air | 83% | 2.2% | 11 min | 121 | 64,084 |
| Delta Air Lines | 81% | 2.6% | 18 min | 10 | 11,691 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 77% | 3.1% | 19 min | 78 | 22,633 |
| United Airlines | 76% | 1.7% | 22 min | 6 | 9,986 |
| Alaska Airlines | 75% | 1.1% | 16 min | 3 | 2,422 |
| Spirit Airlines | 75% | 3.4% | 19 min | 22 | 3,742 |
| PSA Airlines | 74% | 4.3% | 24 min | 70 | 22,352 |
| Frontier Airlines | 74% | 2.0% | 22 min | 40 | 10,432 |
| Republic Airways | 67% | 2.0% | 56 min | 3 | 50 |
| JetBlue | 66% | 3.1% | 36 min | 2 | 418 |
| American Airlines | 66% | 3.0% | 26 min | 126 | 164,705 |
Best time to fly out of DFW
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am89%3,796 flts
- 6am85%4,641 flts
- 7am84%21,390 flts
- 8am83%29,159 flts
- 9am79%13,947 flts
- 10am79%23,239 flts
- 11am74%14,506 flts
- 12pm76%23,542 flts
- 1pm71%15,881 flts
- 2pm70%19,520 flts
- 3pm66%15,525 flts
- 4pm68%21,007 flts
- 5pm65%17,366 flts
- 6pm63%18,639 flts
- 7pm64%22,185 flts
- 8pm61%15,077 flts
- 9pm68%22,823 flts
- 10pm62%10,054 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft47%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)30%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion14%
- Extreme weather9%
- 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.