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DFW vs ICT - 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
DFW

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas

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Airport B
ICT

Wichita, KS

Wichita, Kansas

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric DFW ICT
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 78.5% 82.2%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 82.9 min 80.9 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 21.5% 17.8%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.41% 1.22%
Total Flights 3,395,134 109,987
Delayed Flights 729,619 19,580
Cancelled Flights 47,734 1,343
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Carrier

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

DFW - Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

Late Aircraft 43.4%
Carrier 33.9%
NAS 14.5%
Weather 8.0%
Security 0.2%

ICT - Wichita, KS

Carrier 38.3%
Late Aircraft 36.1%
NAS 17.0%
Weather 8.5%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from DFW

Route Flights On-Time
LAX → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
37,750 81.1%
DFW → LAX
Los Angeles
37,739 77.2%
ATL → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
35,376 77.7%
DFW → ATL
Atlanta
35,361 79.2%
ORD → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
34,728 77.7%
DFW → ORD
Chicago
34,708 78.7%

Top routes from ICT

Route Flights On-Time
DFW → ICT
Wichita
13,520 77.8%
ICT → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
13,519 78.8%
DEN → ICT
Wichita
9,841 75.9%
ICT → DEN
Denver
9,467 81.9%
ORD → ICT
Wichita
8,936 75.8%
ICT → ORD
Chicago
8,931 84.1%

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.