Transatlantic route · frequency, carriers and airport records
MAD→DFW
Madrid to Dallas-Fort Worth
- Flights
- 1,282 both ways
- Carriers
- 2
- Distance
- 4,954 mi
- Period
- July 2025 to June 2026
No public record scores Madrid Barajas to Dallas/Fort Worth International flight by flight. The US Department of Transportation's on-time database covers domestic flights only, and in Europe only the United Kingdom publishes punctuality by route, so what follows is built from the three measurements that do exist. The DOT's international report counts 1,282 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about one departure a day in each direction, flown by American and Iberia. EUROCONTROL's year-to-date figure has 67.6% of all departures from Madrid Barajas leaving within 15 minutes of schedule and 78.0% of arrivals landing within 15 minutes. At the other end, 72.8% of DFW's domestic departures arrived on time in the DOT data, which says something about how the airport itself runs, not about this route.
On EUROCONTROL's year-to-date arrival punctuality, Madrid Barajas ranks 14th of the 41 European airports on this site with service to the United States. Bilbao leads that table at 84.3% and Manchester closes it at 65.7%. A long-haul departure inherits the airport's morning: an aircraft that arrived late from its previous sector, or a departure queue built up by weather, delays the transatlantic wave with everything else.
Key figures
Flights
1,282
Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)
Carriers
2
American Airlines, Iberia
MAD departures on time
67.6%
All destinations, year to date (EUROCONTROL)
DFW domestic on time
72.8%
US DOT, last twelve months of domestic departures
Without a route-level record, the useful question is what the two airports do to a schedule. EUROCONTROL attributes 0.4 minutes of air traffic flow management delay per arriving flight to Madrid Barajas so far this year; that is delay imposed by the network to hold traffic on the ground elsewhere, not the airline's own. In the DOT data, a delayed domestic departure from DFW ran a little over an hour late on average over the last twelve months, and 2.61% of its scheduled flights were cancelled.
Carrier by carrier
Who flies MAD to DFW
American Airlines flew 56% of the 1,282 flights between MAD and DFW in the DOT's count, with Iberia on 563. Loads averaged 249 passengers a flight, which on this route means wide-body aircraft nearly full.
| Airline | Flights | Share | Per month | Passengers / flight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 719 | 56% | 60 | 255 |
| Iberia | 563 | 44% | 47 | 241 |
DOT international report, July 2025 to June 2026; flights in both directions together. No delay figures exist for this pair in any public source.
Across the year
How often MAD to DFW flies through the year
The DOT's international report puts 122 flights on the pair in July 2025, the busiest month of the window, and 87 in February 2026, the thinnest. The schedule is close to flat through the year, which usually means business traffic rather than holiday demand underwrites it.
Flights per month, both directions
- July 2025122
- August 2025122
- September 2025118
- October 2025111
- November 202594
- December 202593
- January 202690
- February 202687
- March 202698
- April 2026113
- May 2026121
- June 2026113
The DOT's international report counts flights in both directions together: 1,282 between MAD and DFW from July 2025 to June 2026, about one departure a day in each direction, carrying 318,583 passengers. That makes it the 4th busiest of 14 US routes from Madrid Barajas and the 2nd busiest of 10 European routes into DFW.
The departure airport
How Madrid Barajas is running
EUROCONTROL's figures for Madrid Barajas as a whole, every airline and every destination: 67.6% of departures and 78.0% of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule from 1 January to 21 October 2026, with 93.1% of scheduled flights operated. The last seven days ran at 62.5% for departures, 5 points worse than the year so far. Air traffic flow management delay attributed to the airport averaged 0.4 minutes per arriving flight this year, 1.4 over the last week.
| Window | Departures on time | Arrivals on time | Schedules operated | ATFM delay / arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yesterday (21 October 2026) | 69.4% | 78.5% | 92.3% | 0.3 min |
| Last 7 days | 62.5% | 74.2% | 92.9% | 1.4 min |
| Year to date | 67.6% | 78.0% | 93.1% | 0.4 min |
Every US route from Madrid Barajas, and its full punctuality record
The arrival airport
Landing at Dallas/Fort Worth International
Dallas/Fort Worth International is scored on this site from the DOT's domestic data: 72.8% of its 312,771 domestic departures arrived on time over the last twelve months, with delayed flights running a little over an hour late, and 2.61% were cancelled. Those are domestic flights, not this route, but an arriving transatlantic flight shares the same runways, the same weather and the same ground delay programmes, so a bad day at DFW reaches a flight from MAD just as surely. The airport's own page has the hour-by-hour and month-by-month detail, and its live FAA status appears above when the FAA has something to say.
Domestic on time
72.8%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late (DOT)
Avg delay
73 min
Delayed domestic flights only
Cancelled
2.61%
Domestic departures
312,771
Last twelve months
Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) delay statistics, hour by hour and month by month
Your rights
EC 261/2004 on MAD to DFW
Every flight that departs Madrid Barajas falls under Regulation (EC) 261/2004, whichever airline flies it and wherever it lands. If it arrives at Dallas/Fort Worth International three hours or more late, or is cancelled with under 14 days' notice, and the cause was within the airline's control, each passenger is owed €600 (€300 if the airline got you there under four hours late), on top of rebooking and care. Weather, air traffic control restrictions and strikes outside the airline are the usual exemptions. The return flight from DFW is covered only when the carrier is EU based. The sector is about 4,954 miles, 7,971 km, which puts it in the top distance band.
Delayed three hours or more? Check a claim with Compensair →
What to do with this
Booking MAD to DFW
There is no grade to give MAD to DFW without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about one departure a day in each direction, a choice of two carriers, a departure airport that gets 68% of its departures away on time and an arrival airport that runs 73% on time domestically. Leave two hours for any onward connection at DFW; immigration comes before the connecting flight.
Common questions
MAD to DFW questions
How often are MAD to DFW flights delayed?
No public dataset records delays for this route flight by flight: the US on-time database is domestic only and only the UK publishes route-level punctuality in Europe. The nearest measurements are the departure airport's EUROCONTROL punctuality (67.6% of departures within 15 minutes this year) and DFW's domestic record in the DOT data (72.8% on time).
Which airlines fly MAD to DFW?
American Airlines and Iberia, in order of flights operated between July 2025 and June 2026. American Airlines accounted for 56% of the 1,282 flights the DOT counted on the pair.
Can I claim compensation for a delayed MAD to DFW flight?
Yes, if the flight arrived three hours or more late or was cancelled at short notice for a reason within the airline's control: departures from Madrid Barajas are covered by EC 261/2004 whichever airline operates them. The fixed amount for a sector of this length is €600 a passenger, €300 if the airline got you there under four hours late. The return from DFW is covered only on an EU carrier.
How many flights a day are there from MAD to DFW?
About one departure a day in each direction: the DOT counted 1,282 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 122 in July 2025 and falling to 87 in February 2026.
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Spain publishes no route-level punctuality, so this page cannot grade the route. The UK pages in this section can, because the CAA does.
Sources: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Report (flights and passengers by carrier and airport pair), July 2025 to June 2026; EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, airport punctuality and ATFM delay to 21 October 2026. Rebuilt 22 October 2026; the EUROCONTROL figures refresh with each weekly build, the others when their publisher releases a month. How these sources differ.