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86% of flights arrived on time in October 2024, and 1.0% were cancelled. Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline (90%); Frontier Airlines was the least (73%). The most delayed busy route was AVL → CLT (59% on time).

Airlines

#	Airline	Flights	On time	Year earlier	Cancelled
1	Delta Air Lines	135,617	90%	91%	0.6%
2	United Airlines	123,412	88%	86%	0.5%
3	Hawaiian Airlines	6,583	86%	76%	1.1%
4	Southwest Airlines	119,251	85%	80%	1.3%
5	American Airlines	169,209	85%	84%	0.6%
6	JetBlue	19,694	84%	74%	2.5%
7	Spirit Airlines	21,176	83%	80%	2.0%
8	Alaska Airlines	34,345	82%	85%	0.7%
9	Allegiant Air	9,195	79%	79%	6.4%
10	Frontier Airlines	17,801	73%	74%	3.1%

Most delayed routes

Route	Flights	On time
AVL → CLT	236	59%
SAN → SFO	603	60%
LAS → SAN	669	61%
SAN → LAS	668	62%
AGS → CLT	133	63%
SJC → SAN	533	64%
SFO → SAN	603	65%
SMF → SAN	494	65%
CLT → AGS	132	67%
SAN → AUS	180	67%
SAN → SMF	495	67%
CLT → PHL	365	67%
SAN → SJC	534	67%
SAN → DAL	131	68%
ATL → SRQ	206	68%
PDX → SAN	163	68%
SAN → OAK	316	68%
SEA → HNL	249	69%
SRQ → ATL	207	69%
SAN → CLT	148	70%

Most reliable routes

Route	Flights	On time
CLE → JFK	157	99%
RIC → ATL	260	98%
LGA → JAX	120	98%
BIS → MSP	146	97%
FAT → DEN	124	97%
PIT → JFK	155	97%
TYS → ATL	248	97%
CVG → DTW	123	97%
ONT → SJC	123	97%
SMF → SLC	177	97%
BUF → BWI	146	97%
PNS → ATL	229	97%
PDX → MSP	143	97%
CVG → ATL	252	96%
LGA → MEM	140	96%
IND → LGA	251	96%
LIT → ATL	193	96%
BUF → LGA	189	96%
HSV → ATL	215	96%
CMH → JFK	155	96%

Airports

Airports with at least 3,000 departures in the month, most punctual first.

#	Airport	Departures	On time	Cancelled
1	MSP Minneapolis-St. Paul	11,164	90%	0.4%
2	IAD Washington Dulles	7,500	90%	0.4%
3	MCI Kansas City	4,667	90%	0.7%
4	PIT Pittsburgh	4,029	89%	1.3%
5	CMH John Glenn Columbus	3,985	89%	1.1%
6	CLE Cleveland Hopkins	3,709	89%	1.0%
7	SLC Salt Lake City	9,457	89%	0.2%
8	IND Indianapolis	4,505	89%	1.7%
9	LGA LaGuardia	14,156	89%	0.6%
10	JFK New York JFK	10,732	89%	0.6%
11	PDX Portland	6,418	88%	0.3%
12	ATL Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson	29,864	88%	0.9%
13	STL St. Louis Lambert	6,013	88%	0.8%
14	DTW Detroit Metro	11,850	88%	0.5%
15	CVG Cincinnati Northern Kentucky	3,910	88%	1.1%
16	MDW Chicago Midway	6,744	88%	0.9%
17	SAT San Antonio	3,741	88%	0.4%
18	DCA Washington Reagan National	12,326	87%	0.7%
19	IAH Houston Bush Intercontinental	14,537	87%	0.4%
20	HNL Honolulu	4,980	87%	0.9%
21	BNA Nashville	9,008	87%	0.8%
22	PHL Philadelphia	11,668	87%	0.8%
23	SMF Sacramento	5,102	86%	0.5%
24	HOU Houston Hobby	4,885	86%	0.9%
25	ORD Chicago O'Hare	28,787	86%	0.3%
26	DEN Denver	26,929	86%	0.4%
27	LAX Los Angeles LAX	17,108	86%	0.3%
28	AUS Austin-Bergstrom	7,434	86%	0.6%
29	MSY New Orleans	4,465	86%	0.9%
30	RDU Raleigh-Durham	5,416	86%	0.9%
31	OAK Oakland	3,487	86%	0.4%
32	BOS Boston Logan	13,142	86%	0.8%
33	SNA Orange County John Wayne	3,705	85%	0.4%
34	BWI Baltimore/Washington	8,423	85%	1.4%
35	MIA Miami	8,299	85%	1.9%
36	SJC San Jose	4,629	84%	0.5%
37	PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor	17,099	84%	0.3%
38	DAL Dallas Love Field	6,140	84%	0.6%
39	FLL Fort Lauderdale	6,766	84%	1.0%
40	SEA Seattle-Tacoma	15,492	84%	0.4%
41	DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	28,029	84%	0.4%
42	SFO San Francisco	12,727	83%	0.3%
43	EWR Newark	12,414	83%	1.0%
44	LAS Las Vegas Harry Reid	17,349	83%	0.4%
45	CLT Charlotte Douglas	22,476	83%	0.8%
46	MCO Orlando	12,289	81%	7.6%
47	TPA Tampa	6,051	79%	10.5%
48	SAN San Diego	8,466	70%	1.3%

Routes need 120+ flights in the month to be ranked (1,883 were). Figures as published by BTS; frozen 2026-08. Method.

October 2024 report

Airlines

Most delayed routes

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Airports