Dallas-Fort Worth is one of the busiest airports in the country, and during the holidays, you can feel it. About 80% of flights arrived on time last November, which isn’t bad given the sheer volume here. However, with more than 42 million passengers a year, small interruptions can snowball.

Flyers dread seeing two specific words pop up on their phone alerts: flight delayed. In 2024, approximately 236 million U.S. passengers experienced flight delays or cancellations, according to a report from AirHelp.