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DFW vs SAT - 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
SAT

San Antonio, TX

San Antonio, Texas

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric DFW SAT
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 78.5% 81.7%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 82.9 min 71.5 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 21.5% 18.3%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.41% 1.10%
Total Flights 3,395,134 419,736
Delayed Flights 729,619 76,925
Cancelled Flights 47,734 4,599
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ 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%

SAT - San Antonio, TX

Late Aircraft 44.1%
Carrier 32.9%
NAS 18.3%
Weather 4.6%
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 SAT

Route Flights On-Time
SAT → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
22,003 78.9%
DFW → SAT
San Antonio
21,998 73.2%
DEN → SAT
San Antonio
16,430 78.2%
SAT → DEN
Denver
16,390 84.3%
ATL → SAT
San Antonio
16,264 81.7%
SAT → ATL
Atlanta
16,218 87.2%

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.