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Airport Reliability

DFW · Dallas–Fort Worth

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

72%
Departures within 15 minutes
19 min
Average departure delay
77%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
2.8%
Departures cancelled

Based on 313,693 departures and 313,691 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

Departures from DFW departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 63% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

Departures from DFW arrived on time 77% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 68%.

When DFW gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM89%(3797 flights)
  • 6–9 AM84%(55049 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(48907 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(58259 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(51720 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(54484 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM67%(31688 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(44435 flights)
  • Tue77%(41509 flights)
  • Wed74%(41984 flights)
  • Thu73%(45198 flights)
  • Fri74%(44779 flights)
  • Sat71%(40619 flights)
  • Sun68%(45380 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 63% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%27369
July 202565%27988
August 202567%26371
September 202578%25119
October 202576%26841
November 202575%24138
December 202573%25542
January 202676%21815
February 202680%21695
March 202674%25276
April 202675%25301
May 202674%26449

Airlines departing DFW

Busiest routes from DFW

Based on 313,693 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.