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DFW vs PSP - 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
PSP

Palm Springs, CA

Palm Springs, California

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric DFW PSP
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 78.5% 83.7%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 82.9 min 70.8 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 21.5% 16.3%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.41% 0.87%
Total Flights 3,395,134 159,999
Delayed Flights 729,619 26,083
Cancelled Flights 47,734 1,395
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%

PSP - Palm Springs, CA

Carrier 40.0%
Late Aircraft 34.7%
NAS 20.6%
Weather 4.4%
Security 0.3%

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 PSP

Route Flights On-Time
PSP → SFO
San Francisco
14,385 79.5%
SFO → PSP
Palm Springs
14,352 83.5%
PSP → PHX
Phoenix
10,035 84.5%
PHX → PSP
Palm Springs
10,033 83.9%
DEN → PSP
Palm Springs
9,569 78.3%
PSP → DEN
Denver
9,565 84%

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.