Airport month record
DALNOV
Dallas Love Field in November 2025
- Departures
- 5,799
- Month
- November 2025
- National, same month
- 79.4%
- Carriers
- 2
Historical statistics for November 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s November. For today’s conditions at DAL, see live FAA status.
DAL in November lands a B, 3 points worse than the national rate of 79.4%. About one flight in four arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by about an hour on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 5,799 flights, with a median arrival 5 minutes early.
Key figures
On time
76.4%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 5,635 completed departures
Avg delay
62 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
2.71%
Nationally in November: 2.49%
Whole year
73.2%
DAL across all twelve months
These figures cover 5,799 departures from Dallas Love Field in November 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
November next to DAL's other months
Against DAL's own year, November ran 3 points better than the twelve-month rate of 73.2%, which makes it number five of twelve months, best first. Cancellations are where November stands out: 2.71% of scheduled departures were called off, 1.9 times the airport's rate across the year. Either side of it, October ran 75.9% on time and December 78.7%, so this month sits in line with its neighbours.
| 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 (this page) | 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 November
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–8am648 flights93.1%
- 8am–11am1,243 flights88.1%
- 11am–2pm1,070 flights79.5%
- 2pm–5pm1,119 flights70.4%
- 5pm–8pm987 flights63.4%
- 8pm–5am732 flights63.7%
Scale runs 55% to 100%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
The 5pm–8pm window is where this operation falls apart: 63.4% on time, against 93.1% 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 8am–11am window is the busiest, with 1,243 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 90.3% on time and Monday the weakest at 65.0%. 25 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at DAL in November
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.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 5,644 | 76.3% | 61 min | 2.71% | B |
| Delta Air Linesthin sample | 155 | 79.5% | 85 min | 2.58% | B |
Route by route
Busiest routes out of DAL in November
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL to HOU · Houstonthin sample | 323 | 73.4% | 61 min | 5.57% | C− |
| DAL to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 283 | 78.5% | 85 min | 2.83% | B |
| DAL to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 263 | 70.7% | 68 min | 5.32% | C− |
| DAL to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 257 | 78.8% | 61 min | 2.72% | B |
| DAL to DEN · Denverthin sample | 234 | 74.3% | 60 min | 5.13% | C− |
| DAL to SAT · San Antoniothin sample | 229 | 77.9% | 60 min | 1.31% | B |
| DAL to MCO · Orlandothin sample | 222 | 76.5% | 58 min | 2.25% | B |
| DAL to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 204 | 76.5% | 54 min | 1.96% | B |
| DAL to MSY · New Orleansthin sample | 202 | 78.4% | 56 min | 1.49% | B |
| DAL to AUS · Austinthin sample | 183 | 72.4% | 66 min | 1.09% | C |
| DAL to MDW · Chicagothin sample | 177 | 73.5% | 57 min | 5.65% | C− |
| DAL to MCI · Kansas Citythin sample | 172 | 81.1% | 63 min | 1.74% | B |
| DAL to STL · St. Louisthin sample | 150 | 80.8% | 61 min | 2.00% | B |
| DAL to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 148 | 78.9% | 42 min | 3.38% | B− |
| DAL to ELP · El Pasothin sample | 148 | 73.8% | 52 min | 2.03% | C |
| DAL to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 139 | 74.1% | 93 min | 2.88% | C |
| DAL to LBB · Lubbockthin sample | 139 | 79.4% | 56 min | 2.16% | B |
| DAL to SAN · San Diegothin sample | 133 | 76.8% | 63 min | 5.26% | B− |
| DAL to ABQ · Albuquerquethin sample | 133 | 82.4% | 53 min | 1.50% | B |
| DAL to MAF · Midlandthin sample | 127 | 88.0% | 85 min | 1.57% | A |
| DAL to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 123 | 74.4% | 65 min | 4.88% | C− |
| DAL to LGA · New Yorkthin sample | 120 | 64.4% | 88 min | 1.67% | D |
| DAL to AMA · Amarillothin sample | 110 | 83.3% | 64 min | 0.91% | B+ |
| DAL to TPA · Tampathin sample | 109 | 72.9% | 60 min | 1.83% | C |
| DAL to LIT · Little Rockthin sample | 86 | 81.4% | 70 min | 0.00% | B+ |
Delay causes
What held DAL up in November
One category carries most of the weight here. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 51% of the 82,000 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.
- 51%Late-arriving aircraft
- 25%Carrier
- 21%National Airspace System
- 3%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
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 82,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 19 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 82,396 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations run at 2.71%, against 2.49% nationally. That is about one flight in 40 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.
8.2% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 7.8%. 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 November
For a November trip through DAL: expect 76.4% on time and 2.71% cancelled, going by November 2025. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.
Related
Where to go next
- Dallas Love Field (DAL), the whole year
- DAL in July68.5%
- DAL in August75.5%
- DAL in September81.9%
- DAL in October75.9%
- DAL in December78.7%
- DAL in January82.8%
- DAL in February79.7%
- DAL in March70.3%
- DAL in April71.1%
- DAL in May64.3%
- DAL in June56.5%
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.