Airport month record

DALAUG

Dallas Love Field in August 2025

Departures: 5,730
Month: August 2025
National, same month: 77.4%
Carriers: 2

Historical statistics for August 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s August. For today’s conditions at DAL, see live FAA status.

DAL in August sits in the middle of the pack with a B+. Close to three flights in four arrive on time by the DOT's definition, 2 points worse than the national rate of 77.4%. The late ones land about an hour behind schedule. That rests on 5,730 flights, with a median arrival 4 minutes early.

On time

75.5%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 5,680 completed departures

Avg delay

61 min

Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights

Cancelled

0.54%

Nationally in August: 1.08%

Whole year

73.2%

DAL across all twelve months

These figures cover 5,730 departures from Dallas Love Field in August 2025. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.

Against the year

August next to DAL's other months

Against DAL's own year, August ran 2 points better than the twelve-month rate of 73.2%, which makes it number seven of twelve months, best first. Cancellations were unusually low for DAL in August, at 0.54% against 1.41% across the year. Either side of it, July ran 68.5% on time and September 81.9%, so this month sits in line with its neighbours.

DAL month by month
Month	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
July 2025	6,349	68.5%	62 min	1.32%	C
August 2025 (this page)	5,730	75.5%	61 min	0.54%	B+
September 2025	5,518	81.9%	56 min	0.13%	B+
October 2025	6,100	75.9%	57 min	0.80%	B+
November 2025	5,799	76.4%	62 min	2.71%	B
December 2025	6,070	78.7%	50 min	0.38%	B+
January 2026	5,470	82.8%	49 min	5.54%	B−
February 2026	5,163	79.7%	44 min	0.87%	B+
March 2026	6,221	70.3%	56 min	1.29%	C
April 2026	5,965	71.1%	51 min	0.70%	C+
May 2026	6,141	64.3%	62 min	1.69%	D
June 2026	6,025	56.5%	60 min	1.18%	D

Departure window

The best time of day to leave DAL in August

Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 30 points, against half a point between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.

5am–8am700 flights93.2%
8am–11am1,130 flights84.3%
11am–2pm1,178 flights76.7%
2pm–5pm1,123 flights71.0%
5pm–8pm984 flights63.5%
8pm–5am615 flights64.4%

Scale runs 55% to 100%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.

The 5pm–8pm window is where this operation falls apart: 63.5% on time, against 93.2% for the 5am–8am slot. By evening the aircraft flying these rotations have absorbed a full day of small delays and there is no slack left to recover in. The 11am–2pm window is the busiest, with 1,178 flights scheduled in it.

Across the week, Tuesday is the strongest day at 88.5% on time and Sunday the weakest at 70.3%. 18 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.

Carrier by carrier

Which airlines ran best at DAL in August

Only one carrier clears this site's 365-flight floor here, so there is no comparison to draw. The table below is the full picture.

Carriers at DAL in August 2025
Airline	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
Southwest Airlines	5,561	75.2%	60 min	0.49%	B+
Delta Air Linesthin sample	169	86.6%	142 min	2.37%	A

Route by route

Busiest routes out of DAL in August

Routes from DAL in August 2025
Route	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
DAL to HOU · Houstonthin sample	344	73.5%	58 min	0.87%	C+
DAL to ATL · Atlantathin sample	313	82.3%	97 min	1.92%	B
DAL to DEN · Denverthin sample	237	63.4%	54 min	0.00%	D+
DAL to SAT · San Antoniothin sample	218	77.4%	50 min	0.46%	B+
DAL to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample	209	81.2%	46 min	0.48%	B+
DAL to PHX · Phoenixthin sample	208	83.4%	63 min	0.48%	B+
DAL to BNA · Nashvillethin sample	199	78.8%	76 min	0.50%	B+
DAL to MDW · Chicagothin sample	192	71.4%	60 min	0.00%	C+
DAL to AUS · Austinthin sample	190	80.0%	71 min	0.00%	B+
DAL to MSY · New Orleansthin sample	180	72.6%	60 min	0.00%	C+
DAL to MCO · Orlandothin sample	172	65.9%	62 min	1.74%	C
DAL to STL · St. Louisthin sample	172	76.9%	59 min	1.74%	B
DAL to BWI · Baltimorethin sample	161	79.2%	71 min	1.24%	B
DAL to MCI · Kansas Citythin sample	158	75.3%	65 min	0.00%	B+
DAL to ELP · El Pasothin sample	149	75.2%	65 min	0.00%	B+
DAL to DCA · Washingtonthin sample	146	76.4%	50 min	1.37%	B
DAL to ABQ · Albuquerquethin sample	135	84.4%	70 min	0.00%	B+
DAL to LBB · Lubbockthin sample	130	77.7%	57 min	0.00%	B+
DAL to SAN · San Diegothin sample	120	83.3%	33 min	0.00%	B+
DAL to LGA · New Yorkthin sample	119	76.9%	52 min	0.00%	B+
DAL to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample	110	73.6%	58 min	0.00%	C+
DAL to MAF · Midlandthin sample	108	82.9%	68 min	2.78%	B
DAL to AMA · Amarillothin sample	106	79.0%	70 min	0.00%	B+
DAL to TPA · Tampathin sample	96	67.4%	47 min	1.04%	C
DAL to TUL · Tulsathin sample	89	74.2%	61 min	0.00%	C+

Delay causes

What held DAL up in August

One category carries most of the weight here. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 51% of the 85,000 delay minutes carriers reported, and the remaining four split what is left. The split is by minutes rather than by flights, so a few very long delays count for as much as many short ones.

Late-arriving aircraft
51%
Carrier
25%
National Airspace System
19%
Extreme weather
5%
Security
0%

51% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 85,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 9 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 85,042 reported delay minutes.

Cancellations are rare at 0.54%, below the national 1.08% and low enough to earn the plus on the grade. Roughly one flight in 100 is called off; the risk here is arriving late, not not arriving.

8.0% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 8.2%. That is the figure that decides a connection, and it says a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last about an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.

What to do with this

Flying from DAL in August

For a August trip through DAL: expect 75.5% on time and 0.54% cancelled, going by August 2025. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.

Where to go next

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.

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