DFWKDFW
August 11, 20251,856 flights1,339,357 ADS-B points
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About the data

Flights reconstructed from ADS-B — the position signal modern aircraft broadcast to air traffic. Coverage is strongest across North America and Europe, thinner over oceans, polar regions, and parts of Asia and Africa.

Long-haul flights whose paths cross sparsely-covered areas may appear with an unknown origin or destination — the receiver network loses sight of them mid-ocean. We mark those unknown rather than guess. Every flight is still counted in the totals; the route-by-route breakdown filters to flights with identified endpoints.

Traffic data for Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) was captured on August 11, 2025, the 20th anniversary of Terminal D's opening. The dataset covers a full 24-hour period in CDT and logs 1,856 total flights across 975 arrivals and 881 departures, drawn from 652 unique aircraft. Operations ran continuously from midnight through 23:59, with activity never fully stopping. The busiest hour was 17:00 CDT, which recorded 137 movements (50 arrivals, 87 departures). A secondary surge appears at 22:00, where departures reached 89 against only 18 arrivals. The quietest stretch ran between 02:00 and 04:00, each hour logging fewer than 15 total movements. Route data identifies Houston Intercontinental (IAH) as the top connection with 35 total movements, followed closely by LaGuardia (LGA) and Atlanta (ATL) at 34 each, and Chicago O'Hare (ORD) at 33. Los Angeles (LAX), Denver (DEN), and Miami (MIA) round out the upper tier. The predominant approach and departure direction was ENE at 162 counts each, with NE and NW also appearing across both flow categories. Aircraft registered in the United States made up 621 of the 652 unique aircraft observed, with Canada (6), and smaller counts from China, Finland, Turkey, Australia, and others accounting for the remainder. Altitude data spans 1.34 million ADS-B position points, with an average tracked altitude of 18,732 feet and a peak of 49,300 feet recorded by N954JS on a flight from Naples Municipal (APF). The 36,000 to 39,000 foot range shows the highest concentration of cruise-level data points. The longest tracked flight covered 4,012.5 nautical miles over 814 minutes, connecting to Boston Logan (BOS). Average leg distance was 722.4 nautical miles at an average duration of 117.7 minutes, with a total of 1,340,827 nautical miles flown across all tracked movements.

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Summary

Total Flights

1,856

Arrivals

975

Departures

881

Unique Aircraft

652

Peak Hour Flights

137

Avg / Hour

77

Notable Flights

Shortest

2 NM5 min

From DFWDallas Fort Worth International Airport

N343PN

Longest

4013 NM814 min

From BOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport

N519UW

Highest

49,300 ft984 NM

From APFNaples Municipal Airport

N954JS

Most Active

10flights

N716EV

Time Highlights

Times in CDT

Busiest Hour

5 PM

137 flights · 50 arr / 87 dep

Quietest Hour

2 AM

4 flights · 3 arr / 1 dep

Peak Frequency

26 sec

between flights at peak

Performance

Max Altitude

49,300ft

Avg Altitude

18,732ft

Max Groundspeed

613kts

Avg Groundspeed

324kts

Total Distance

1,340,827NM

Avg Leg Distance

722NM

Avg Leg Duration

118min

Traffic Flow

Arrivals
Departures
N56 · 39NE177 · 170E228 · 224SE101 · 90S77 · 63SW57 · 48W97 · 98NW182 · 149

Routes

Arriving from

IAH
George Bush Intercontinental Airport19
LGA
LaGuardia Airport18
ATL
Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport17
ORD
Chicago O'Hare International Airport17
LAX
Los Angeles International Airport16
DEN
Denver International Airport14
MIA
Miami International Airport12
LAS
Harry Reid International Airport11
HOT
Memorial Field Airport11
MCO
Orlando International Airport11
AUS
Austin Bergstrom International Airport10
SAT
San Antonio International Airport10
BOS
General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport10
SEA
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport10
SFO
San Francisco International Airport9
EWR
Newark Liberty International Airport9
XNA
Northwest Arkansas National Airport9
OKC
OKC Will Rogers World Airport8
CLT
Charlotte Douglas International Airport8
BNA
Nashville International Airport8

Departing to

ATL
Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport17
IAH
George Bush Intercontinental Airport16
LGA
LaGuardia Airport16
ORD
Chicago O'Hare International Airport16
DTW
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport11
LAX
Los Angeles International Airport10
DEN
Denver International Airport10
MIA
Miami International Airport10
OKC
OKC Will Rogers World Airport10
CLT
Charlotte Douglas International Airport10
BNA
Nashville International Airport10
PHL
Philadelphia International Airport10
SLC
Salt Lake City International Airport10
LAS
Harry Reid International Airport9
HOT
Memorial Field Airport9
PHX
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport9
HCA
Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle Airport9
AUS
Austin Bergstrom International Airport8
SFO
San Francisco International Airport8
EWR
Newark Liberty International Airport8

Aircraft by Registration Country

United States621
Unknown11
Canada6
China2
Finland2
Türkiye2
Australia2
Laos2
Germany1
South Korea1

Aircraft

652 unique aircraft

N716EV
10 flights
N753SK
8 flights
N751AB
8 flights
N324ES
8 flights
N312BT
7 flights
N267NN
7 flights
N289MW
7 flights
N945AN
7 flights
N201NN
7 flights
N716SK
7 flights
N271NN
7 flights
N119US
6 flights
N834NN
6 flights
N764JD
6 flights
N705SK
6 flights
N707SK
6 flights
N719SK
6 flights
N306DD
6 flights
N319RG
6 flights
N270NN
6 flights

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