Carrier performance at one airport
OO→DFW
SkyWest Airlines at Dallas/Fort Worth International
- Departures
- 23,089
- Period
- July 2025 to June 2026
- Routes
- 25
- Rank here
- #3 of 9
SkyWest Airlines at Dallas-Fort Worth carries a cancellation problem, not just a delay problem: 3.4% of scheduled flights never operate, against 1.8% nationally. Of the ones that do fly, close to three flights in four arrive on time, worth a B− overall. The punctuality figure counts only flights that actually departed, so it flatters an operation that cancels this often. That rests on 23,089 flights, of which Envoy Air flew 63,918 at 82.1% on time.
Measured against the airport rather than the country, SkyWest Airlines runs 5 points ahead of the 72.0% weighted average across all carriers at DFW. That is the comparison worth making: every operator here works the same runways, the same airspace and the same weather.
Key figures
On time
77.2%
22,164 completed departures
Avg delay
80 min
Across delayed flights only
Cancelled
3.36%
At DFW, this carrier only
Rank here
#3
Of 9 carriers clearing the floor at DFW
These figures cover 23,000 flights between July 2025 and June 2026. Beyond the headline rate, 9.5% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule. That is the number that wrecks a connection, and it is not visible in an on-time percentage alone.
Against the competition
Every carrier at DFW, ranked
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Envoy Air arrives on time 82.1% of the time; American Airlines manages 65.9%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 164,581 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy Air | 63,918 | 82.1% | 57 min | 2.33% | B |
| Delta Air Lines | 11,747 | 80.9% | 92 min | 2.49% | B |
| SkyWest Airlines (this page) | 23,089 | 77.2% | 80 min | 3.36% | B− |
| United Airlines | 9,850 | 75.9% | 88 min | 1.72% | B |
| Frontier Airlines | 9,912 | 74.7% | 80 min | 2.14% | C |
| PSA Airlines | 22,542 | 74.1% | 91 min | 4.37% | C− |
| Spirit Airlines | 4,404 | 73.6% | 73 min | 3.02% | C− |
| Alaska Airlines | 2,389 | 72.3% | 59 min | 1.38% | C |
| American Airlines | 164,581 | 65.9% | 74 min | 3.16% | C− |
PSA Airlines cancels 4.4% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Where SkyWest Airlines flies from DFW
SkyWest Airlines operates 25 routes out of DFW with enough volume to report. Route records inside one carrier at one airport still spread widely, because a short shuttle and a transcontinental have very different exposure to a late inbound.
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFW to SAF · Santa Fe | 1,755 | 76.8% | 67 min | 2.74% | B |
| DFW to SHV · Shreveport | 1,499 | 74.1% | 86 min | 3.67% | C− |
| DFW to DRO · Durango | 1,214 | 79.1% | 71 min | 2.72% | B |
| DFW to ASE · Aspen | 1,187 | 69.5% | 77 min | 4.72% | C− |
| DFW to SJT · San Angelo | 1,078 | 79.9% | 97 min | 4.36% | B− |
| DFW to SBN · South Bend | 845 | 74.1% | 90 min | 1.78% | C |
| DFW to MAF · Midland | 782 | 78.0% | 83 min | 2.17% | B |
| DFW to PVU · Provo | 734 | 75.9% | 80 min | 2.32% | B |
| DFW to SGU · St. George | 716 | 75.2% | 84 min | 0.56% | B+ |
| DFW to GRI · Grand Island | 712 | 75.3% | 106 min | 3.09% | B− |
| DFW to BPT · Beaumont | 652 | 79.1% | 136 min | 3.37% | B− |
| DFW to COS · Colorado Springs | 610 | 72.4% | 78 min | 3.44% | C− |
| DFW to GRK · Killeen | 591 | 75.7% | 101 min | 5.08% | B− |
| DFW to ROW · Roswell | 585 | 79.0% | 64 min | 3.42% | B− |
| DFW to TYR · Tyler | 583 | 77.9% | 80 min | 6.52% | B− |
| DFW to IDA · Idaho Falls | 528 | 75.9% | 79 min | 1.70% | B |
| DFW to ACT · Waco | 457 | 80.5% | 97 min | 4.81% | B− |
| DFW to LBB · Lubbock | 440 | 78.9% | 100 min | 4.77% | B− |
| DFW to LIT · Little Rock | 403 | 77.0% | 66 min | 1.99% | B |
| DFW to GCK · Garden City | 397 | 75.8% | 76 min | 3.78% | B− |
| DFW to FLG · Flagstaff | 394 | 79.3% | 81 min | 2.79% | B |
| DFW to HOU · Houston | 380 | 73.7% | 62 min | 5.00% | C− |
| DFW to MHK · Manhattan | 368 | 76.5% | 63 min | 1.90% | B |
| DFW to SAT · San Antonio | 367 | 83.7% | 72 min | 3.00% | B |
| DFW to AUS · Austinthin sample | 354 | 74.8% | 68 min | 2.26% | C |
Departure window
Best time of day for this operation
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 17 points, against 16 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am1,133 flights87.2%
- 8am–11am4,830 flights84.0%
- 11am–2pm4,249 flights80.3%
- 2pm–5pm4,351 flights72.3%
- 5pm–8pm3,512 flights69.8%
- 8pm–5am5,014 flights75.2%
Scale runs 60% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 87.2% of the time, against 69.8% for the evening window. That is 17 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 8pm–5am window is the busiest, with 5,014 flights scheduled in it.
Across the year
Seasonal pattern
February is the weak month at 72.7% on time, against 81.4% in September. Winter delays cluster: a single storm system can account for most of a month's shortfall, so an average December hides both very good weeks and genuinely unflyable days. July was the busiest month here, with 2,452 flights.
Delay causes
What holds this operation up
- 47%Carrier
- 23%Extreme weather
- 20%Late-arriving aircraft
- 10%National Airspace System
- 0%Security
Extreme weather accounts for 23% of delay minutes, well above the single-digit share typical across the system. Weather delays are lumpy: they arrive as whole bad days rather than as a steady drag, so the monthly strip above is the more useful view of the risk. The national share is 6%, so this operation carries roughly 3.7 times the usual weather exposure. The split is drawn from 405,528 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations run at 3.36%, against 1.81% nationally. That is about one flight in 30 cancelled outright. A cancelled flight is invisible in every on-time figure on this page, so the punctuality numbers above describe only the flights that actually operated.
For anyone connecting, the number to weigh is not the on-time rate but the tail behind it. 9.5% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 8.1% nationally. A 45-minute layover does not survive that, and no amount of walking quickly changes it. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
23,089 flights sit behind these numbers, which is a large enough sample that the headline rate is not moving on noise. Where a sub-group falls below 30 flights the site shows a dash instead of a percentage.
Put together: the delay figures matter less here than the 3.36% cancellation rate. A late arrival costs you a little over an hour; a cancelled flight costs you the day. Book the 5am–8am departure so there is still a schedule behind you if it goes wrong, and treat a same-day connection as optimistic. 22,164 completed flights over 12 months sit behind that.
Common questions
SkyWest Airlines at DFW
How often is SkyWest Airlines at DFW delayed?
Roughly one flight in four arrive at least 15 minutes late, which is the Department of Transportation's definition of a delayed arrival. That works out to 22.8% of the 23,089 flights in this analysis, against 22.4% nationally. Delayed flights are late by a little over an hour on average.
Which airline is most reliable on SkyWest Airlines at DFW?
Envoy Air leads at 82.1% on time across 63,918 flights. American Airlines is at the other end on 65.9%, a gap of 16 points. Sample size matters as much as the percentage: a rate built from a few hundred flights moves around far more than one built from ten thousand.
What time of day has the fewest delays on SkyWest Airlines at DFW?
The 5am–8am departure window is the strongest at 87.2% on time. The 5pm–8pm window is the weakest at 69.8%, 17 points behind. Later departures inherit delays from earlier flights the same aircraft has already flown, which is why the curve slopes the way it does.
How bad are February delays on SkyWest Airlines at DFW?
February is the weakest month at 72.7% on time, compared with 81.4% in September. Across the year that is 9 points between the best and worst months. Moving flexible dates out of that month is one of the few things that reliably helps.
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Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Updated monthly. How this data is collected.