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Airport · DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) ranks #2 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Dallas/Fort Worth, TX posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as one of the busiest U.S. airports.

Data updated 2026-06-13

78.5%
On-time
Top 89%
on-time, US airports
83 min
Delay when late
1.41%
Cancelled
#2 of 382
Corpus placement
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DFW on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%78.5%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 27,357,726.

Late Aircraft 43.4% (11,869,690 min)
Carrier 33.9% (9,277,223 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 14.5% (3,975,200 min)
Weather 8.0% (2,194,298 min)
Security 0.2% (41,315 min)

DFW - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: February (90.9%) · worst: June (84.5%)

84%86%88%90%92% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 88.6%

DFW - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 94.2% 86.1% ▼ -8.6%

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

Average taxi-out 19.7 min · taxi-in 13.6 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

16 min18 min20 min22 min24 min Jan 24Dec 25 20.7 min 18.3 min ▼ -11.6%

DFW's average taxi-out (19.7 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is May 2024 at 21.7 min; the lightest is December 2025 at 18.3 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Dallas/Fort Worth, TX.

Cancellation Rate

1.41%

47,734 of 3,395,134 flights

Diversion Rate

0.13%

4,516 of 3,395,134 flights

Delay Rate

21.5%

729,619 of 3,395,134 flights

Top Routes from DFW

Busiest routes to and from Dallas/Fort Worth, TX.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
LAX (Los Angeles) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 37,750 81.1% 1,235 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → LAX (Los Angeles) 37,739 77.2% 1,235 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 35,376 77.7% 731 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → ATL (Atlanta) 35,361 79.2% 731 mi
ORD (Chicago) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 34,728 77.7% 802 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → ORD (Chicago) 34,708 78.7% 802 mi
DEN (Denver) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 33,523 77.5% 641 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → DEN (Denver) 33,503 75.4% 641 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → LGA (New York) 33,252 78.2% 1,389 mi
LGA (New York) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 33,246 79.4% 1,389 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → LAS (Las Vegas) 32,222 72.9% 1,055 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 32,210 80.3% 1,055 mi
IAH (Houston) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 30,197 76.6% 224 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → IAH (Houston) 30,188 76.3% 224 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → MCO (Orlando) 26,504 71.1% 985 mi
MCO (Orlando) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 26,463 76.1% 985 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 26,297 82.8% 868 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → PHX (Phoenix) 26,288 74.7% 868 mi
AUS (Austin) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 25,695 78.3% 190 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → AUS (Austin) 25,691 74.2% 190 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Dallas/Fort Worth, 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: 78.5%).

Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL

78.4% on-time 880,912 flights

Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix, AZ

78.7% on-time 70,097 flights

Bethel, AK

Bethel, AK

78.3% on-time 8,174 flights

Martha's Vineyard, MA

Martha's Vineyard, MA

78.8% on-time 11,280 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 3,395,134).

Denver, CO

Denver, CO

3,293,040 flights 78.9% on-time

Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL

3,114,086 flights 81% on-time

Atlanta, GA

Atlanta, GA

3,758,561 flights 83.7% on-time

Charlotte, NC

Charlotte, NC

2,345,248 flights 82% on-time

Other Airports in Texas

Compare performance with other Texas airports.

IAH 81.6%

Houston, TX

Houston · 1,404,392 flights
AUS 79.3%

Austin, TX

Austin · 909,441 flights
DAL 77.6%

Dallas, TX

Dallas · 791,209 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

DFW delay-share reading

The standout signal at Dallas/Fort Worth, TX is traffic scale: 3,395,134 BTS flights (2020–2025) place it #2 of 382 by book size. That busy-book footprint sits beside a 78.5% on-time rate (0.5 pts below the 79% national flight-weighted average), 729,619 delayed departures, and 47,734 cancellations (1.41% of the book).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (43.4% late-aircraft, 33.9% carrier, 14.5% NAS, 8.0% weather, 0.2% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, DFW is strongest in February (90.9% on-time) and weakest in June (84.5%), a 6.4-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~51,301 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to LAX (Los Angeles) at 81.1% 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 DFW's data

DFW'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.

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.