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DAL vs AMA - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
DAL

Dallas, TX

Dallas, Texas

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Airport B
AMA

Amarillo, TX

Amarillo, Texas

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric DAL AMA
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 77.6% 82.2%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 58.5 min 80.2 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 22.4% 17.8%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.40% 1.46%
Total Flights 791,209 57,122
Delayed Flights 177,235 10,144
Cancelled Flights 11,096 832
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

DAL - Dallas, TX

Late Aircraft 49.1%
Carrier 32.6%
NAS 14.6%
Weather 3.4%
Security 0.3%

AMA - Amarillo, TX

Late Aircraft 38.0%
Carrier 34.2%
NAS 18.0%
Weather 9.6%
Security 0.3%

Top Routes

Top routes from DAL

Route Flights On-Time
DAL → HOU
Houston
23,563 80.6%
HOU → DAL
Dallas
23,517 82.5%
ATL → DAL
Dallas
19,678 82.5%
DAL → ATL
Atlanta
19,618 82%
DAL → DEN
Denver
17,984 76.7%
DEN → DAL
Dallas
17,924 74.6%

Top routes from AMA

Route Flights On-Time
DFW → AMA
Amarillo
12,792 81%
AMA → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
12,786 80.9%
AMA → DAL
Dallas
6,985 86.9%
DAL → AMA
Amarillo
6,977 80.1%
DEN → AMA
Amarillo
2,891 77%
AMA → DEN
Denver
2,864 74.8%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.