Route
DFW → LAX
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Los Angeles International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 74.0%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 2.2%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 71 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 6,184
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Late-arriving aircraft 43%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 39%
- Air traffic control & airport 10%
- Extreme weather 7%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 76.6% | 485 |
| October 2025 | 74.5% | 559 |
| November 2025 | 76.7% | 532 |
| December 2025 | 73.4% | 508 |
| January 2026 | 75.1% | 477 |
| February 2026 | 75.5% | 445 |
| March 2026 | 80.5% | 548 |
| April 2026 | 74.9% | 513 |
| May 2026 | 73.6% | 527 |
| June 2026 | 64.8% | 521 |
| July 2026 | 70.8% | 561 |
| August 2026 | 72.2% | 508 |
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data
Airlines on this route
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg. delay when late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 4,536 | 70.2% | 2.2% | 68 min |
| Delta Air Lines | 757 | 89.2% | 1.6% | 103 min |
| Frontier Airlines | 510 | 79.2% | 1.0% | 81 min |
| NK | 381 | 81.5% | 3.7% | 79 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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DL439
8% late · 365 flights
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DL948
14% late · 273 flights
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F93211
22% late · 232 flights
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AA1669
47% late · 181 flights
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AA1759
29% late · 173 flights
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AA2900
34% late · 155 flights
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AA500
23% late · 155 flights
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F94963
23% late · 152 flights
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AA1996
17% late · 147 flights
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AA1660
20% late · 141 flights
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AA1639
12% late · 135 flights
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AA3317
14% late · 132 flights
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F92273
15% late · 126 flights
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AA3245
16% late · 125 flights
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AA3334
24% late · 120 flights
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AA1154
21% late · 111 flights
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AA2005
18% late · 110 flights
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AA1504
39% late · 108 flights
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NK1692
16% late · 97 flights
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AA2777
32% late · 94 flights
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DL521
9% late · 87 flights
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AA2732
55% late · 86 flights
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AA3136
39% late · 86 flights
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AA2793
19% late · 83 flights
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