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Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) departure delays

Name: Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) departure delays
Creator: FlightLabs

Of 22,228 sampled departures, 65.2% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 34.3 minutes. Sample window: Nov 15, 2025 to May 7, 2026.

These are historical aggregates, not live status. A departure is late at 15 minutes past schedule.

When departures are on time

Best hour to depart: 23:00–23:59, 27.6% late.
Best day of week: Tuesday, 58.0% late.

Airlines with the most late departures

Airline	Flights sampled	Late	Average lateness
Qantas Airways (QF)	53	98.1%	36.9 min
British Airways (BA)	33	93.9%	38.2 min
Finnair (AY)	28	92.9%	27.8 min
Lufthansa Cargo (LH)	22	86.4%	30.7 min
Japan Airlines (JL)	28	85.7%	12.1 min

Routes from DFW

DFW to PHX — 230 flights per week
DFW to LAX — 201 flights per week
DFW to ORD — 195 flights per week
DFW to LGA — 182 flights per week
DFW to AUS — 175 flights per week
DFW to IAH — 173 flights per week
DFW to MIA — 173 flights per week
DFW to ATL — 149 flights per week

The departures that are late right now

65.2% of this DFW sample left 15 minutes late or more. GET /flight_delays returns the ones that are late at this moment: airline, flight number, scheduled time, actual time and minutes of delay.

https://www.goflightlabs.com/flight_delays?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&delay=15&type=departures&dep_iata=DFW

Example response

Field names match the live API. This flight only shows the shape. It is not a live result.

{ "success": true, "data": [ { "airline_iata": "AA", "flight_iata": "AA100", "flight_number": "100", "dep_iata": "DFW", "dep_time": "2024-03-15 08:00", "dep_actual": "2024-03-15 08:22", "dep_delayed": 22, "status": "active" } ] }

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