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79% of flights arrived on time in October 2025, and 0.5% were cancelled. Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline (84%); JetBlue was the least (74%). The most delayed busy route was EWR → BOS (49% on time).

Airlines

#	Airline	Flights	On time	Year earlier	Cancelled
1	Delta Air Lines	142,428	84%	90%	0.6%
2	Hawaiian Airlines	6,616	81%	86%	0.7%
3	United Airlines	128,984	81%	88%	0.2%
4	Spirit Airlines	14,128	79%	83%	1.1%
5	Alaska Airlines	35,463	79%	82%	1.8%
6	American Airlines	173,319	78%	85%	0.6%
7	Allegiant Air	10,470	78%	79%	0.1%
8	Frontier Airlines	16,935	77%	73%	0.5%
9	Southwest Airlines	121,588	77%	85%	0.3%
10	JetBlue	18,401	74%	84%	1.1%

Most delayed routes

Route	Flights	On time
EWR → BOS	332	49%
RDU → DCA	267	49%
DFW → BOS	350	49%
AUS → BOS	151	53%
STL → BOS	150	53%
LGA → ORD	1025	55%
IAH → BOS	189	56%
BNA → EWR	190	56%
BNA → BOS	330	56%
MIA → BOS	250	56%
DFW → PDX	224	57%
JAX → BOS	144	57%
ORD → BOS	695	57%
LGA → MCI	147	57%
LAS → SFO	521	58%
LGA → BNA	383	59%
SBP → SFO	120	59%
LGA → MDW	204	59%
DEN → BOS	343	59%
LGA → BOS	674	60%

Most reliable routes

Route	Flights	On time
CLT → TLH	138	96%
BIS → MSP	150	96%
MSP → BIS	150	96%
ATL → ROA	122	96%
RDU → DTW	141	96%
LYH → CLT	181	96%
PDX → MSP	154	95%
LAX → IAD	202	95%
MOT → MSP	120	95%
SFO → MSP	170	95%
SLC → DTW	124	94%
SLC → MSP	124	94%
EYW → ATL	123	94%
LAX → MSP	186	94%
MKE → ATL	201	94%
OAK → SLC	150	94%
AGS → CLT	149	94%
FAY → CLT	213	94%
CMH → DTW	177	94%
CVG → DTW	176	94%

Airports

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

#	Airport	Departures	On time	Cancelled
1	HNL Honolulu	4,682	87%	0.5%
2	SLC Salt Lake City	9,884	85%	0.1%
3	DTW Detroit Metro	12,779	85%	0.3%
4	MSP Minneapolis-St. Paul	11,347	85%	0.2%
5	IAD Washington Dulles	7,655	84%	0.2%
6	SAT San Antonio	3,691	83%	0.4%
7	LAX Los Angeles LAX	16,699	83%	0.4%
8	CLT Charlotte Douglas	20,681	83%	0.2%
9	IND Indianapolis	4,796	83%	0.6%
10	IAH Houston Bush Intercontinental	14,807	82%	0.2%
11	SEA Seattle-Tacoma	15,464	82%	1.2%
12	PIT Pittsburgh	4,223	82%	0.8%
13	SNA Orange County John Wayne	3,933	82%	0.7%
14	PDX Portland	6,572	82%	0.7%
15	ATL Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson	30,136	82%	0.2%
16	CLE Cleveland Hopkins	3,901	82%	0.5%
17	BWI Baltimore/Washington	8,497	81%	0.1%
18	SMF Sacramento	5,051	81%	0.4%
19	CVG Cincinnati Northern Kentucky	3,771	81%	0.6%
20	SJC San Jose	4,044	81%	0.5%
21	CMH John Glenn Columbus	4,231	81%	0.7%
22	DEN Denver	27,763	81%	0.1%
23	MCI Kansas City	4,510	80%	0.4%
24	MDW Chicago Midway	6,568	80%	0.2%
25	FLL Fort Lauderdale	6,591	80%	0.4%
26	SFO San Francisco	12,984	79%	0.4%
27	TPA Tampa	6,075	79%	0.5%
28	PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor	16,638	78%	0.2%
29	MSY New Orleans	4,700	78%	0.5%
30	SAN San Diego	8,869	78%	1.0%
31	RDU Raleigh-Durham	5,536	78%	0.8%
32	STL St. Louis Lambert	6,057	78%	0.3%
33	PHL Philadelphia	11,489	78%	0.4%
34	HOU Houston Hobby	4,887	78%	0.2%
35	MIA Miami	8,457	77%	0.4%
36	LAS Las Vegas Harry Reid	15,851	77%	0.4%
37	AUS Austin-Bergstrom	7,943	76%	0.4%
38	DCA Washington Reagan National	12,702	76%	0.7%
39	DAL Dallas Love Field	6,100	75%	0.8%
40	MCO Orlando	13,245	75%	0.5%
41	BNA Nashville	10,130	75%	0.4%
42	ORD Chicago O'Hare	33,210	74%	0.2%
43	DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	27,210	74%	1.2%
44	JFK New York JFK	10,784	74%	1.6%
45	BOS Boston Logan	12,767	73%	1.5%
46	EWR Newark	11,650	69%	1.1%
47	LGA LaGuardia	14,542	66%	2.8%

Routes need 120+ flights in the month to be ranked (1,906 were). Figures as published by BTS; frozen 2026-08. Method.

October 2025 report

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Airports