Delta Air Lines DFW to LAX on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
89%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.8%
13 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
96 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 4
route average 73% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on DFW to LAX arrived on time 89% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.8% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (49%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)49%
- Late-arriving aircraft24%
- Extreme weather17%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion10%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DFW to LAX
- American Airlines69% on time · 21 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines78% on time · 18 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines80% on time · 15 min avg delay
Full DFW to LAX comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
740 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 13 cancelled, 1 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.