Airport month record
DFWNOV
Dallas/Fort Worth International in November 2025
- Departures
- 25,032
- Month
- November 2025
- National, same month
- 79.4%
- Carriers
- 10
Historical statistics for November 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s November. For today’s conditions at DFW, see live FAA status.
DFW in November carries a cancellation problem, not just a delay problem: 3.5% of scheduled flights never operate, against 2.5% nationally. Of the ones that do fly, close to three flights in four arrive on time, worth a C− overall. The punctuality figure counts only flights that actually departed, so it flatters an operation that cancels this often. That rests on 25,032 flights, of which Envoy Air flew 4,700 at 86.5% on time.
Envoy Air is the most reliable of the eight carriers covered here at 86.5% on time across 4,700 flights.
Key figures
On time
74.3%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 24,113 completed departures
Avg delay
76 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
3.47%
Nationally in November: 2.49%
Whole year
72.8%
DFW across all twelve months
These figures cover 25,032 departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International 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 DFW's other months
Against DFW's own year, November ran 2 points better than the twelve-month rate of 72.8%, which makes it number five of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, October ran 75.0% on time and December 71.7%, so this month sits in line with its neighbours.
| 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 (this page) | 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 | 27,347 | 73.5% | 68 min | 0.54% | C+ |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave DFW in November
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 19 points, against 18 points between the best and worst carrier.
- 5am–8am2,409 flights84.4%
- 8am–11am5,534 flights81.6%
- 11am–2pm4,245 flights77.8%
- 2pm–5pm4,534 flights72.5%
- 5pm–8pm4,861 flights65.0%
- 8pm–5am3,449 flights66.3%
Scale runs 55% to 90%.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 84.4% of the time, against 65.0% for the evening window. That is 19 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 8am–11am window is the busiest, with 5,534 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 85.8% on time and Monday the weakest at 63.7%, a spread of 22 points.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at DFW in November
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Envoy Air arrives on time 86.5% of the time; American Airlines manages 68.7%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 13,445 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 13,445 | 68.7% | 76 min | 3.00% | C |
| Envoy Air | 4,700 | 86.5% | 49 min | 4.51% | A− |
| PSA Airlines | 2,051 | 76.7% | 89 min | 4.78% | B− |
| SkyWest Airlines | 1,528 | 79.1% | 80 min | 5.43% | B− |
| Delta Air Lines | 995 | 80.0% | 90 min | 1.81% | B |
| Frontier Airlines | 872 | 72.8% | 95 min | 2.06% | C |
| United Airlines | 822 | 73.8% | 93 min | 3.41% | C− |
| Spirit Airlines | 403 | 77.4% | 86 min | 1.24% | B |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 186 | 79.3% | 47 min | 1.08% | B |
| JetBlue Airwaysthin sample | 30 | 79.3% | 117 min | 3.33% | B− |
SkyWest Airlines cancels 5.4% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of DFW in November
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFW to ORD · Chicago | 591 | 66.8% | 80 min | 5.75% | C− |
| DFW to LGA · New York | 582 | 59.4% | 88 min | 2.92% | D |
| DFW to ATL · Atlanta | 553 | 75.5% | 76 min | 2.71% | B |
| DFW to LAX · Los Angeles | 532 | 76.7% | 80 min | 3.20% | B− |
| DFW to IAH · Houston | 474 | 67.4% | 79 min | 4.85% | C− |
| DFW to DEN · Denver | 468 | 77.4% | 96 min | 2.78% | B |
| DFW to MIA · Miami | 421 | 70.4% | 76 min | 1.43% | C |
| DFW to LAS · Las Vegas | 420 | 70.8% | 75 min | 2.86% | C |
| DFW to SEA · Seattle | 412 | 73.8% | 60 min | 1.94% | C |
| DFW to AUS · Austin | 398 | 64.4% | 83 min | 3.27% | D− |
| DFW to PHX · Phoenix | 397 | 67.8% | 77 min | 2.27% | C |
| DFW to MCO · Orlando | 374 | 67.1% | 76 min | 2.41% | C |
| DFW to SAT · San Antoniothin sample | 344 | 66.6% | 69 min | 3.20% | C− |
| DFW to SFO · San Franciscothin sample | 326 | 71.3% | 79 min | 1.53% | C |
| DFW to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 310 | 77.7% | 65 min | 1.61% | B |
| DFW to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 310 | 68.6% | 86 min | 2.90% | C |
| DFW to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample | 305 | 77.7% | 60 min | 1.64% | B |
| DFW to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 300 | 75.9% | 71 min | 2.00% | B |
| DFW to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 292 | 74.1% | 73 min | 2.05% | C |
| DFW to XNA · Bentonvillethin sample | 287 | 82.1% | 55 min | 2.79% | B |
| DFW to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 285 | 74.1% | 74 min | 2.46% | C |
| DFW to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 269 | 77.6% | 70 min | 2.23% | B |
| DFW to SGF · Springfieldthin sample | 266 | 84.6% | 54 min | 4.51% | B− |
| DFW to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 264 | 67.2% | 74 min | 0.76% | C+ |
| DFW to SAN · San Diegothin sample | 261 | 66.1% | 79 min | 4.21% | C− |
Delay causes
What held DFW up in November
Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 44% of the 473,000 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.
- 44%Late-arriving aircraft
- 32%Carrier
- 16%National Airspace System
- 8%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
44% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. Across 473,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 5 to one. The split is drawn from 473,307 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations run at 3.47%, against 2.49% nationally. That is about one flight in 30 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.
10.2% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 7.8% 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 November
For a November trip through DFW: expect 74.3% on time and 3.47% cancelled, going by November 2025. 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 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%
- 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.