Airport month record
DFWAUG
Dallas/Fort Worth International in August 2026
- Departures
- 27,347
- Month
- August 2026
- National, same month
- 73.1%
- Carriers
- 9
Historical statistics for August 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s August. For today’s conditions at DFW, see live FAA status.
DFW in August sits in the middle of the pack with a C+. Close to three flights in four arrive on time by the DOT's definition, level with the national rate of 73.1%. The late ones land a little over an hour behind schedule. That rests on 27,347 flights, of which Delta Air Lines flew 991 at 86.6% on time.
Delta Air Lines is the most reliable of the seven carriers covered here at 86.6% on time across 991 flights.
Key figures
On time
73.5%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 27,073 completed departures
Avg delay
68 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
0.54%
Nationally in August: 1.86%
Whole year
72.8%
DFW across all twelve months
These figures cover 27,347 departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International in August 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
August next to DFW's other months
Against DFW's own year, August ran level with the twelve-month rate of 72.8%, which makes it number seven of twelve months, best first. Cancellations were unusually low for DFW in August, at 0.54% against 2.61% across the year.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 25,641 | 77.4% | 74 min | 1.87% | B |
| October 2025 | 27,182 | 75.0% | 64 min | 1.20% | B |
| November 2025 | 25,032 | 74.3% | 76 min | 3.47% | C− |
| December 2025 | 25,770 | 71.7% | 67 min | 0.62% | C+ |
| January 2026 | 24,229 | 75.4% | 79 min | 9.85% | B− |
| February 2026 | 22,019 | 78.9% | 63 min | 1.31% | B |
| March 2026 | 26,008 | 73.4% | 76 min | 2.51% | C |
| April 2026 | 25,686 | 73.9% | 66 min | 1.33% | C |
| May 2026 | 27,419 | 72.7% | 74 min | 3.34% | C− |
| June 2026 | 27,815 | 63.6% | 82 min | 4.55% | D− |
| July 2026 | 28,623 | 66.2% | 81 min | 1.20% | C |
| August 2026 (this page) | 27,347 | 73.5% | 68 min | 0.54% | C+ |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave DFW in August
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 25 points, against 21 points between the best and worst carrier.
- 5am–8am2,656 flights88.6%
- 8am–11am5,784 flights82.9%
- 11am–2pm4,703 flights73.1%
- 2pm–5pm4,961 flights69.4%
- 5pm–8pm4,803 flights64.1%
- 8pm–5am4,440 flights67.5%
Scale runs 55% to 95%.
The 5pm–8pm window is where this operation falls apart: 64.1% on time, against 88.6% 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 5,784 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Tuesday is the strongest day at 80.6% on time and Sunday the weakest at 67.2%, a spread of 13 points.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at DFW in August
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Delta Air Lines arrives on time 86.6% of the time; American Airlines manages 65.5%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 13,938 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 13,938 | 65.5% | 69 min | 0.34% | C+ |
| Envoy Air | 6,295 | 86.0% | 49 min | 0.05% | A+ |
| SkyWest Airlines | 1,997 | 80.7% | 75 min | 0.15% | B+ |
| PSA Airlines | 1,675 | 75.1% | 73 min | 2.33% | B |
| Frontier Airlines | 1,204 | 72.8% | 83 min | 2.24% | C |
| Delta Air Lines | 991 | 86.6% | 79 min | 1.51% | A |
| United Airlines | 886 | 76.8% | 90 min | 1.24% | B |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 266 | 74.2% | 46 min | 0.75% | C+ |
| JetBlue Airwaysthin sample | 93 | 82.2% | 61 min | 2.15% | B |
The spread between Delta and American is 21 points, wide enough that it should decide the booking. On a hundred trips that is 21 more arrivals inside the on-time window.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of DFW in August
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFW to ORD · Chicago | 694 | 68.2% | 89 min | 1.44% | C |
| DFW to LGA · New York | 546 | 66.5% | 65 min | 5.68% | C− |
| DFW to DEN · Denver | 541 | 64.4% | 89 min | 0.55% | D+ |
| DFW to ATL · Atlanta | 535 | 75.9% | 64 min | 1.12% | B |
| DFW to LAX · Los Angeles | 508 | 72.2% | 64 min | 0.20% | C+ |
| DFW to SEA · Seattle | 474 | 71.9% | 55 min | 0.21% | C+ |
| DFW to IAH · Houston | 459 | 76.3% | 82 min | 0.65% | B+ |
| DFW to SFO · San Francisco | 421 | 57.4% | 65 min | 0.24% | D+ |
| DFW to LAS · Las Vegas | 403 | 60.2% | 62 min | 0.50% | D+ |
| DFW to MIA · Miami | 402 | 64.1% | 60 min | 1.24% | D |
| DFW to PHX · Phoenix | 391 | 69.2% | 73 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| DFW to SAT · San Antonio | 382 | 67.2% | 72 min | 0.26% | C+ |
| DFW to AUS · Austin | 374 | 66.1% | 59 min | 0.27% | C+ |
| DFW to SAN · San Diego | 365 | 49.3% | 58 min | 0.27% | F+ |
| DFW to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 361 | 70.8% | 52 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| DFW to MCO · Orlandothin sample | 359 | 59.7% | 76 min | 1.11% | D |
| DFW to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 331 | 66.6% | 77 min | 0.30% | C+ |
| DFW to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample | 324 | 67.0% | 67 min | 0.31% | C+ |
| DFW to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 312 | 76.5% | 81 min | 2.88% | B |
| DFW to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 306 | 83.7% | 48 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| DFW to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 305 | 63.4% | 60 min | 0.33% | D+ |
| DFW to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 297 | 68.2% | 55 min | 0.67% | C+ |
| DFW to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 296 | 73.7% | 72 min | 2.70% | C |
| DFW to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 286 | 75.4% | 71 min | 0.35% | B+ |
| DFW to OKC · Oklahoma Citythin sample | 280 | 71.4% | 87 min | 0.00% | C+ |
Delay causes
What held DFW up in August
Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 51% of the 487,000 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.
- 51%Late-arriving aircraft
- 35%Carrier
- 12%National Airspace System
- 1%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. Across 487,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 46 to one. The split is drawn from 487,071 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations are rare at 0.54%, below the national 1.86% 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.
9.6% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 10.9% nationally. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum for a connection here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
What to do with this
Flying from DFW in August
For a August trip through DFW: expect 73.5% on time and 0.54% cancelled, going by August 2026. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.
Related
Where to go next
- Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW), the whole year
- DFW in September77.4%
- DFW in October75.0%
- DFW in November74.3%
- DFW in December71.7%
- DFW in January75.4%
- DFW in February78.9%
- DFW in March73.4%
- DFW in April73.9%
- DFW in May72.7%
- DFW in June63.6%
- DFW in July66.2%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, September 2025 to August 2026. Last updated ; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.