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Dallas, TX

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Dallas, TX (DAL) ranks #30 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Dallas, TX posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

77.6%
On-time
Top 92%
on-time, US airports
59 min
Delay when late
1.40%
Cancelled
#30 of 382
Corpus placement
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DAL on-time rate vs. the national average

Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%77.6%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 4,617,353.

Late Aircraft 49.1% (2,269,111 min)
Carrier 32.6% (1,505,914 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 14.6% (675,730 min)
Weather 3.4% (154,766 min)
Security 0.3% (11,832 min)

DAL - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: February (91%) · worst: June (82.6%)

82%84%86%88%90%92% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 86.4%

DAL - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

80%85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 95.9% 86.6% ▼ -9.7%

DAL - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 13.1 min · taxi-in 5.5 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

11 min12 min13 min14 min15 min Jan 24Dec 25 12.7 min 12.5 min ▼ -1.6%

DAL's average taxi-out (13.1 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (September 2024, 14.7 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Dallas, TX.

Cancellation Rate

1.40%

11,096 of 791,209 flights

Diversion Rate

0.10%

790 of 791,209 flights

Delay Rate

22.4%

177,235 of 791,209 flights

Top Routes from DAL

Busiest routes to and from Dallas, TX.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
DAL (Dallas) → HOU (Houston) 23,563 80.6% 239 mi
HOU (Houston) → DAL (Dallas) 23,517 82.5% 239 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → DAL (Dallas) 19,678 82.5% 721 mi
DAL (Dallas) → ATL (Atlanta) 19,618 82% 721 mi
DAL (Dallas) → DEN (Denver) 17,984 76.7% 651 mi
DEN (Denver) → DAL (Dallas) 17,924 74.6% 651 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → DAL (Dallas) 16,305 80.1% 879 mi
DAL (Dallas) → PHX (Phoenix) 16,232 79.2% 879 mi
SAT (San Antonio) → DAL (Dallas) 15,364 83.8% 247 mi
DAL (Dallas) → SAT (San Antonio) 15,361 81.4% 247 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → DAL (Dallas) 14,976 75.5% 1,067 mi
DAL (Dallas) → LAS (Las Vegas) 14,920 77.5% 1,067 mi
DAL (Dallas) → AUS (Austin) 14,842 81.9% 189 mi
AUS (Austin) → DAL (Dallas) 14,819 82.2% 189 mi
MCO (Orlando) → DAL (Dallas) 13,573 74.6% 973 mi
DAL (Dallas) → MCO (Orlando) 13,561 75.7% 973 mi
MDW (Chicago) → DAL (Dallas) 13,489 79.9% 793 mi
DAL (Dallas) → MDW (Chicago) 13,422 78.5% 793 mi
DAL (Dallas) → MSY (New Orleans) 12,686 78.2% 436 mi
MSY (New Orleans) → DAL (Dallas) 12,660 78.6% 436 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Dallas, TX, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 77.6%).

Morgantown, WV

Morgantown, WV

77.6% on-time 1,529 flights

Miami, FL

Miami, FL

77.9% on-time 1,160,127 flights

Islip, NY

Islip, NY

77.9% on-time 54,300 flights

Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas, NV

78% on-time 1,986,833 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 791,209).

Tampa, FL

Tampa, FL

860,941 flights 79.8% on-time

Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL

880,912 flights 78.4% on-time

St. Louis, MO

St. Louis, MO

687,272 flights 81.3% on-time

Portland, OR

Portland, OR

661,488 flights 84.4% on-time

Other Airports in Texas

Compare performance with other Texas airports.

DFW 78.5%

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

Dallas/Fort Worth · 3,395,134 flights
IAH 81.6%

Houston, TX

Houston · 1,404,392 flights
AUS 79.3%

Austin, TX

Austin · 909,441 flights
HOU 79.4%

Houston, TX

Houston · 618,821 flights
SAT 81.7%

San Antonio, TX

San Antonio · 419,736 flights
ELP 81.4%

El Paso, TX

El Paso · 186,225 flights
MAF 82.9%

Midland/Odessa, TX

Midland/Odessa · 100,719 flights
LBB 82%

Lubbock, TX

Lubbock · 69,433 flights

DAL delay-share reading

The standout signal at Dallas, TX is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 49.1% of 4,617,353 delay minutes across 791,209 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 77.6% (1.4 pts below the 79% national average), with 177,235 delayed and 11,096 cancelled (1.40%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (49.1% late-aircraft, 32.6% carrier, 14.6% NAS, 3.4% weather, 0.3% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, DAL is strongest in February (91% on-time) and weakest in June (82.6%), a 8.4-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~11,646 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to HOU (Houston) at 80.6% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Texas: Texas flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using DAL's data

DAL's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from DAL before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in February rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 13.1 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.