US flight punctuality: April 2026
In April 2026, 79.8% of 597,919 US domestic flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, up 4.1 points on the month before. 0.9% were cancelled, and flights arrived 5 minutes late on average. Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline at 85%, and Spirit Airlines the least at 65.4%. Spirit Airlines improved the most, up 11.2 points.
Airlines ranked by on-time arrivals
| Airline | On time | Change | Cancelled | Average delay | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delta Air Lines DL | 85% | +5.1 | 0.8% | 0 min | 87,115 |
| 2 | Alaska Airlines AS | 84.2% | +6 | 0.4% | -1 min | 27,222 |
| 3 | United Airlines UA | 82.6% | +3.4 | 0.5% | +2 min | 69,451 |
| 4 | Republic Airways YX | 81.8% | +8.8 | 1.1% | +1 min | 31,013 |
| 5 | Envoy Air MQ | 81.3% | +1.2 | 2.1% | +3 min | 27,127 |
| 6 | SkyWest Airlines OO | 79.8% | +2 | 1.8% | +8 min | 73,115 |
| 7 | American Airlines AA | 77.7% | +3.1 | 0.9% | +8 min | 84,538 |
| 8 | Southwest Airlines WN | 77.6% | +3.3 | 0.3% | +5 min | 117,814 |
| 9 | PSA Airlines OH | 76.9% | +5.6 | 1.3% | +11 min | 20,547 |
| 10 | JetBlue Airways B6 | 75.9% | +5.9 | 0.1% | +7 min | 20,650 |
| 11 | Allegiant Air G4 | 75.8% | +3.5 | 0.1% | +10 min | 10,318 |
| 12 | Frontier Airlines F9 | 74.2% | +4 | 1.3% | +11 min | 18,540 |
| 13 | Spirit Airlines NK | 65.4% | +11.2 | 3.4% | +19 min | 10,469 |
Airlines with at least 1,000 flights in the month. Change is in percentage points against the month before.
Most punctual busy routes
- Anchorage to Seattle452 flights94.7%
- Seattle to Salt Lake City314 flights92.4%
- Seattle to Santa Ana301 flights91%
- Birmingham to Atlanta300 flights90.8%
- Memphis to Atlanta307 flights90.8%
- Spokane to Seattle387 flights90.7%
- Seattle to Portland374 flights90.6%
- Boston to Charlotte339 flights90.6%
- Santa Ana to Seattle301 flights90.3%
- Portland to Seattle372 flights89.8%
Least punctual busy routes
- Santa Ana to San Francisco377 flights48.5%
- Seattle to San Francisco495 flights48.5%
- Los Angeles to San Francisco988 flights48.6%
- Dallas-Fort Worth to San Francisco337 flights49%
- San Diego to San Francisco519 flights52.3%
- Las Vegas to San Francisco504 flights52.3%
- Phoenix to San Francisco432 flights54.1%
- Portland to San Francisco300 flights57.4%
- Fort Lauderdale to New York453 flights59.8%
- Denver to San Francisco426 flights59.8%
Most punctual airports
- Washington Dulles (IAD)4,843 departures87.2%
- Portland (PDX)5,040 departures86.1%
- Seattle Tacoma (SEA)12,864 departures85.6%
- Pittsburgh (PIT)3,531 departures85.3%
- Newark Liberty (EWR)10,358 departures85%
- Jacksonville (JAX)2,487 departures84.4%
- Salt Lake City (SLC)9,877 departures84.4%
- San Jose (SJC)3,423 departures84.2%
- Columbus (CMH)3,713 departures84.2%
- Minneapolis (MSP)9,639 departures83.9%
Least punctual airports
- Fort Lauderdale Hollywood (FLL)8,610 departures69%
- Chicago O'Hare (ORD)33,206 departures69.7%
- Dallas Love Field (DAL)5,965 departures71.1%
- West Palm Beach (PBI)3,067 departures71.3%
- Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)25,686 departures73.9%
- San Francisco (SFO)12,401 departures74.7%
- Miami (MIA)9,556 departures75.3%
- Houston (HOU)4,418 departures75.8%
- Oakland (OAK)2,509 departures76.4%
- New York (LGA)11,443 departures76.5%
Most punctual flights
- DL1384Atlanta to Buffalo100%
- DL2437Spokane to Minneapolis100%
- UA491Houston to New Orleans100%
- OO4077Los Angeles to Phoenix100%
- AA1867Sacramento to Phoenix100%
- YX4729Philadelphia to Jacksonville100%
- DL540Tallahassee to Atlanta100%
- WN843Phoenix to Dallas100%
- MQ3688Dallas-Fort Worth to Lubbock100%
- DL1420Baton Rouge to Atlanta100%
Least punctual flights
- OO5970Salt Lake City to San Francisco3.5%
- OO6052Palm Springs to San Francisco10%
- F92857Los Angeles to San Francisco10%
- UA1267Las Vegas to San Francisco13.3%
- OO5457Salt Lake City to San Francisco14.8%
- UA2059Burbank to San Francisco19.2%
- OO5951San Luis Obispo to San Francisco20%
- OO3473San Francisco to San Diego20%
- UA737Seattle to San Francisco20%
- WN2066San Francisco to San Diego23.3%
Routes with at least 300 flights, airports with at least 2,000 departures and flight numbers with at least 25 flights in April 2026.
About this report
Figures cover every domestic flight by a large US airline in April 2026, from the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (public domain). On time means arriving within 15 minutes of schedule; see how we measure punctuality. Look up any flight, route or airport in flight stats, and embed a live badge on your own site from any of those pages.
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