Airport month record
DFWFEB
Dallas/Fort Worth International in February 2026
- Departures
- 22,019
- Month
- February 2026
- National, same month
- 80.2%
- Carriers
- 9
Historical statistics for February 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s February. For today’s conditions at DFW, see live FAA status.
DFW in February lands a B, about a point worse than the national rate of 80.2%. About one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by about an hour on average. That rests on 22,019 flights, of which Envoy Air flew 3,750 at 91.3% on time.
Envoy Air is the most reliable of the seven carriers covered here at 91.3% on time across 3,750 flights.
Key figures
On time
78.9%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 21,679 completed departures
Avg delay
63 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
1.31%
Nationally in February: 2.25%
Whole year
72.8%
DFW across all twelve months
These figures cover 22,019 departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International 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 DFW's other months
Against DFW's own year, February ran 6 points better than the twelve-month rate of 72.8%, which makes it the best of the twelve months in the data. Cancellations were unusually low for DFW in February, at 1.31% against 2.61% across the year. Either side of it, January ran 75.4% on time and March 73.4%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.
| 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 (this page) | 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 | 27,347 | 73.5% | 68 min | 0.54% | C+ |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave DFW in February
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 12 points, against 19 points between the best and worst carrier.
- 5am–8am1,973 flights86.5%
- 8am–11am4,475 flights82.7%
- 11am–2pm4,302 flights78.4%
- 2pm–5pm3,496 flights77.2%
- 5pm–8pm4,524 flights74.2%
- 8pm–5am3,249 flights77.8%
Scale runs 65% to 90%.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 86.5% of the time, against 74.2% for the evening window. That is 12 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 5pm–8pm window is the busiest, with 4,524 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Tuesday is the strongest day at 85.6% on time and Saturday the weakest at 72.3%, a spread of 13 points.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at DFW in February
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Envoy Air arrives on time 91.3% of the time; SkyWest Airlines manages 72.7%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 1,535 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 12,083 | 74.3% | 59 min | 1.08% | C |
| Envoy Air | 3,750 | 91.3% | 45 min | 0.56% | A+ |
| PSA Airlines | 1,925 | 79.7% | 82 min | 2.44% | B |
| SkyWest Airlines | 1,535 | 72.7% | 81 min | 2.28% | C |
| Delta Air Lines | 843 | 88.0% | 88 min | 2.49% | A |
| United Airlines | 734 | 86.2% | 75 min | 1.23% | A |
| Frontier Airlines | 634 | 85.4% | 63 min | 0.32% | A+ |
| Spirit Airlinesthin sample | 356 | 73.2% | 72 min | 5.62% | C− |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 135 | 87.9% | 37 min | 1.48% | A |
The spread between Envoy and SkyWest is 19 points, wide enough that it should decide the booking. On a hundred trips that is 19 more arrivals inside the on-time window.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of DFW in February
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFW to ORD · Chicago | 511 | 79.8% | 55 min | 0.20% | B+ |
| DFW to ATL · Atlanta | 501 | 83.7% | 68 min | 0.40% | B+ |
| DFW to LGA · New York | 486 | 76.4% | 75 min | 8.64% | B− |
| DFW to DEN · Denver | 460 | 75.1% | 56 min | 0.65% | B+ |
| DFW to LAX · Los Angeles | 445 | 75.5% | 51 min | 1.12% | B |
| DFW to IAH · Houston | 413 | 86.4% | 72 min | 0.48% | A+ |
| DFW to PHX · Phoenix | 400 | 79.6% | 53 min | 0.50% | B+ |
| DFW to MCO · Orlando | 385 | 69.9% | 60 min | 0.52% | C+ |
| DFW to LAS · Las Vegas | 380 | 72.2% | 56 min | 0.53% | C+ |
| DFW to MIA · Miamithin sample | 360 | 73.7% | 67 min | 0.83% | C+ |
| DFW to SEA · Seattlethin sample | 342 | 77.7% | 56 min | 0.29% | B+ |
| DFW to AUS · Austinthin sample | 339 | 77.4% | 64 min | 0.59% | B+ |
| DFW to SAT · San Antoniothin sample | 319 | 79.3% | 59 min | 1.25% | B |
| DFW to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample | 292 | 77.7% | 56 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| DFW to SFO · San Franciscothin sample | 291 | 74.4% | 53 min | 0.34% | C+ |
| DFW to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 289 | 79.9% | 48 min | 1.73% | B |
| DFW to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 280 | 76.4% | 81 min | 7.50% | B− |
| DFW to XNA · Bentonvillethin sample | 262 | 86.3% | 48 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| DFW to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 262 | 81.2% | 53 min | 0.38% | B+ |
| DFW to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 261 | 75.6% | 67 min | 5.36% | B− |
| DFW to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 254 | 77.2% | 64 min | 6.69% | B− |
| DFW to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 252 | 76.6% | 68 min | 1.59% | B |
| DFW to SAN · San Diegothin sample | 248 | 74.6% | 61 min | 0.81% | C+ |
| DFW to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 246 | 78.3% | 58 min | 2.44% | B |
| DFW to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 240 | 81.4% | 52 min | 0.83% | B+ |
Delay causes
What held DFW up in February
Carrier accounts for 42% of the 288,000 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.
- 42%Carrier
- 42%Late-arriving aircraft
- 11%National Airspace System
- 5%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
42% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. Across 288,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 9 to one. The split is drawn from 287,889 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 1.31% against a national 2.25%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.23%.
6.6% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 6.5%, so 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 DFW in February
For a February trip through DFW: this is one of the better months to be flying from here, 78.9% on time with 1.31% cancelled. That is a base rate for the month as a whole; a single storm can still spoil a particular 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 March73.4%
- DFW in April73.9%
- DFW in May72.7%
- DFW in June63.6%
- DFW in July66.2%
- DFW in August73.5%
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.