Delta Air Lines ATL to DFW on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Atlanta to Dallas/Fort Worth · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.5%
69 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
59 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 6
route average 74% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on ATL to DFW arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.5% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 74% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (42%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)42%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion31%
- Late-arriving aircraft22%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ATL to DFW
- American Airlines77% on time · 27 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines60% on time · 34 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines77% on time · 21 min avg delay
- Envoy Air80% on time · 12 min avg delay
- PSA Airlines64% on time · 99 min avg delay
Full ATL to DFW comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
2,790 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 69 cancelled, 10 diverted.
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.