Airport month record

DALFEB

Dallas Love Field in February 2026

Departures: 5,163
Month: February 2026
National, same month: 80.2%
Carriers: 2

Historical statistics for February 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s February. For today’s conditions at DAL, see live FAA status.

DAL in February lands a B+, level with the national rate of 80.2%. About one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by about 45 minutes on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 5,163 flights, with a median arrival 4 minutes early.

On time

79.7%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 5,111 completed departures

Avg delay

44 min

Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights

Cancelled

0.87%

Nationally in February: 2.25%

Whole year

73.2%

DAL across all twelve months

These figures cover 5,163 departures from Dallas Love Field in February 2026. 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

February next to DAL's other months

Against DAL's own year, February ran 7 points better than the twelve-month rate of 73.2%, which makes it number three of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, January ran 82.8% on time and March 70.3%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.

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	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 (this page)	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 February

Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 25 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–8am590 flights94.3%
8am–11am993 flights92.1%
11am–2pm1,014 flights82.8%
2pm–5pm1,143 flights71.1%
5pm–8pm907 flights69.6%
8pm–5am516 flights69.6%

Scale runs 60% to 100%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.

Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 94.3% of the time, against 69.6% for the overnight window. That is 25 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 2pm–5pm window is the busiest, with 1,143 flights scheduled in it.

Across the week, Monday is the strongest day at 83.9% on time and Thursday the weakest at 71.9%. 12 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.

Carrier by carrier

Which airlines ran best at DAL in February

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 February 2026
Airline	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
Southwest Airlines	5,037	79.5%	44 min	0.89%	B+
Delta Air Linesthin sample	126	84.9%	61 min	0.00%	B+

Route by route

Busiest routes out of DAL in February

Routes from DAL in February 2026
Route	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
DAL to HOU · Houstonthin sample	323	84.0%	48 min	1.24%	B
DAL to ATL · Atlantathin sample	244	82.0%	54 min	0.00%	B+
DAL to DEN · Denverthin sample	234	78.4%	55 min	0.85%	B+
DAL to PHX · Phoenixthin sample	223	83.8%	34 min	0.45%	B+
DAL to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample	211	79.5%	47 min	0.47%	B+
DAL to MCO · Orlandothin sample	210	73.9%	46 min	0.95%	C+
DAL to MSY · New Orleansthin sample	188	85.0%	49 min	0.53%	A+
DAL to SAT · San Antoniothin sample	188	85.0%	41 min	0.53%	A+
DAL to AUS · Austinthin sample	187	88.1%	49 min	1.07%	A
DAL to BNA · Nashvillethin sample	170	82.8%	31 min	0.59%	B+
DAL to MCI · Kansas Citythin sample	158	80.9%	40 min	0.63%	B+
DAL to STL · St. Louisthin sample	149	87.2%	47 min	0.00%	A+
DAL to MDW · Chicagothin sample	137	82.1%	41 min	0.73%	B+
DAL to DCA · Washingtonthin sample	132	64.3%	39 min	2.27%	D
DAL to ELP · El Pasothin sample	132	80.8%	48 min	1.52%	B
DAL to SAN · San Diegothin sample	123	82.8%	29 min	0.81%	B+
DAL to ABQ · Albuquerquethin sample	123	84.6%	56 min	0.00%	B+
DAL to LBB · Lubbockthin sample	123	87.8%	48 min	0.00%	A+
DAL to BWI · Baltimorethin sample	121	79.3%	44 min	3.31%	B−
DAL to TPA · Tampathin sample	105	70.5%	45 min	0.00%	C+
DAL to MAF · Midlandthin sample	104	85.6%	35 min	0.00%	A+
DAL to LGA · New Yorkthin sample	104	67.0%	48 min	6.73%	C−
DAL to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample	104	72.8%	36 min	0.96%	C+
DAL to AMA · Amarillothin sample	95	89.5%	55 min	0.00%	A+
DAL to TUL · Tulsathin sample	81	87.7%	27 min	0.00%	A+

Delay causes

What held DAL up in February

Carriers report a reason for every delay minute they cause, in five DOT categories. The split below is by minutes, not by number of flights, so a handful of very long weather delays weighs as much as many short ones. It covers 46,000 reported delay minutes.

Late-arriving aircraft
42%
Carrier
38%
National Airspace System
16%
Extreme weather
4%
Security
0%

42% 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 46,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 10 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 46,103 reported delay minutes.

Cancellations are rare at 0.87%, below the national 2.25% 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.

Badly late arrivals are rare here: only 4.2% land an hour or more behind schedule, against 6.5% nationally. Connections built on this flight are about as safe as US domestic connections get, though a cancelled flight still ignores every layover you give it.

What to do with this

Flying from DAL in February

For a February trip through DAL: this is one of the better months to be flying from here, 79.7% on time with 0.87% cancelled. That is a base rate for the month as a whole; a single storm can still spoil a particular 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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