Love Field departure delays ease: 58% late in the last hour, still above normal
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- Resolved: closed without a new report (No usable measurement for 6 h; closed without a recovery report.)
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Initial Observed
Love Field departures running late: 80% left 15+ min late in the last hour
Of 15 departures that took off between 12:04 PM and 1:04 PM CDT, 12 left at least 15 minutes late. Love Field typically sees 27% of departures in this hour leave that late (US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 12 PM hour). Measured by Tailodds from FAA flight data against airline schedules.
Evidence for this update
Measurement window 12:04 PM–1:04 PM CDT Sample 15 flights, 12 late (80%) Comparison 27% typical · US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 12 PM hour Median delay 27.0 min Method FAA wheels-off/on +/- median taxi (taxi_times) vs the FAA-filed airline schedule (flight_odds) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-10-22 18:04 UTC) Sources Tailodds measurement of FAA flight data against airline schedules Provenance observed_ops observed-ops-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1 Was this useful? -
De-escalation Observed
Love Field departure delays ease: 58% late in the last hour, still above normal
What changed: late share 80% → 58%
Of 12 departures that took off between 12:51 PM and 1:51 PM CDT, 7 left at least 15 minutes late. Love Field typically sees 33% of departures in this hour leave that late (US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 1 PM hour). Measured by Tailodds from FAA flight data against airline schedules.
Evidence for this update
Measurement window 12:51 PM–1:51 PM CDT Sample 12 flights, 7 late (58%) Comparison 33% typical · US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 1 PM hour Median delay 17.0 min Method FAA wheels-off/on +/- median taxi (taxi_times) vs the FAA-filed airline schedule (flight_odds) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-10-22 18:51 UTC) Sources Tailodds measurement of FAA flight data against airline schedules Provenance observed_ops observed-ops-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1 Was this useful?
Closed Fri Oct 23, 5:29 AM CDT: No usable measurement for 6 h; closed without a recovery report.