US Airports With the Fewest Flight Delays in January
Among the 22 busiest US airports, Salt Lake City (SLC) had the highest on-time departure rate in January: 84.9% of flights left within 15 minutes of schedule, with an average departure delay of 11 min. Across all 137 airports we ranked, Midland (MAF) had the highest rate at 89.6%.
Ranked by the share of departures that left on time, over January 2026 (US DOT data).
- Airports ranked
- 137
- Period
- January 2026
- US on-time departures
- 79.3%
- Ranked by
- On-time departures
Major hubs
100,000+ departures a year
| # | Airport | On-time departures | Avg delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salt Lake City (SLC)Salt Lake City Intl, UT · 9,515 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.9% | 11 min | 1.8% |
| 2 | Houston (IAH)George Bush Intercontinental, TX · 9,656 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.7% | 12 min | 3.1% |
| 3 | San Francisco (SFO)San Francisco Intl, CA · 11,113 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 81.6% | 17 min | 2.4% |
| 4 | Nashville (BNA)Nashville Intl, TN · 7,853 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.4% | 12 min | 7.1% |
| 5 | Denver (DEN)Denver Intl, CO · 24,484 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.3% | 13 min | 1.7% |
| 6 | New York (LGA)LaGuardia, NY · 11,099 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.2% | 14 min | 7.8% |
| 7 | Los Angeles (LAX)Los Angeles Intl, CA · 14,815 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.7% | 16 min | 2.2% |
| 8 | Newark (EWR)Newark Liberty Intl, NJ · 9,977 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.4% | 14 min | 6.4% |
| 9 | Phoenix (PHX)Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl, AZ · 16,564 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.3% | 14 min | 2.3% |
| 10 | Seattle (SEA)Seattle–Tacoma Intl, WA · 11,927 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.1% | 13 min | 1.9% |
| 11 | Las Vegas (LAS)Harry Reid Intl, NV · 13,695 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.0% | 14 min | 1.9% |
| 12 | Charlotte (CLT)Charlotte Douglas Intl, NC · 14,222 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.2% | 16 min | 11.0% |
| 13 | Atlanta (ATL)Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta Intl, GA · 24,595 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.9% | 14 min | 5.0% |
| 14 | Boston (BOS)Boston Logan Intl, MA · 10,298 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.2% | 18 min | 7.5% |
| 15 | New York (JFK)John F. Kennedy Intl, NY · 8,022 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.8% | 18 min | 7.1% |
| 16 | Minneapolis (MSP)Minneapolis–Saint Paul Intl Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field, MN · 8,055 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.5% | 20 min | 2.4% |
| 17 | Washington (DCA)Ronald Reagan Washington National, DC · 11,858 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 75.0% | 21 min | 9.4% |
| 18 | Orlando (MCO)Orlando Intl, FL · 13,786 departures · most delay from airline issues | 74.6% | 18 min | 3.9% |
| 19 | Miami (MIA)Miami Intl, FL · 10,439 departures · most delay from airline issues | 73.8% | 21 min | 5.0% |
| 20 | Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)Dallas Fort Worth Intl, TX · 24,229 departures · most delay from airline issues | 73.4% | 21 min | 9.8% |
| 21 | Detroit (DTW)Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County, MI · 9,518 departures · most delay from airline issues | 71.0% | 27 min | 3.9% |
| 22 | Chicago (ORD)Chicago O'Hare Intl, IL · 25,131 departures · most delay from airline issues | 70.5% | 25 min | 3.7% |
Mid-size airports
25,000 to 100,000 departures a year
| # | Airport | On-time departures | Avg delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Jose (SJC)Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl, CA · 3,099 departures · most delay from airline issues | 88.3% | 8 min | 1.2% |
| 2 | Oakland (OAK)Oakland San Francisco Bay, CA · 2,408 departures · most delay from airline issues | 86.9% | 8 min | 0.5% |
| 3 | Burbank (BUR)Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope, CA · 2,141 departures · most delay from airline issues | 86.7% | 10 min | 1.3% |
| 4 | Houston (HOU)William P. Hobby, TX · 4,081 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.4% | 7 min | 2.5% |
| 5 | Portland (PDX)Portland Intl, OR · 4,537 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.1% | 11 min | 1.4% |
| 6 | Santa Ana (SNA)John Wayne Orange County Intl, CA · 3,611 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.9% | 12 min | 2.1% |
| 7 | Sacramento (SMF)Sacramento Intl, CA · 4,130 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.7% | 11 min | 1.3% |
| 8 | Kansas City (MCI)Kansas City Intl, MO · 3,508 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.3% | 14 min | 3.4% |
| 9 | Dulles (IAD)Washington Dulles Intl, VA · 4,248 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.0% | 15 min | 5.7% |
| 10 | San Antonio (SAT)San Antonio Intl, TX · 2,921 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.0% | 16 min | 3.7% |
| 11 | Ontario (ONT)Ontario Intl, CA · 1,892 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.7% | 14 min | 1.7% |
| 12 | Columbus (CMH)John Glenn Columbus Intl, OH · 3,296 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.9% | 15 min | 6.3% |
| 13 | Pittsburgh (PIT)Pittsburgh Intl, PA · 3,099 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.8% | 16 min | 6.0% |
| 14 | New Orleans (MSY)Louis Armstrong New Orleans Intl, LA · 3,901 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.7% | 13 min | 4.1% |
| 15 | Cincinnati / Covington (CVG)Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Intl, KY · 2,380 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.7% | 16 min | 6.3% |
| 16 | Jacksonville (JAX)Jacksonville Intl, FL · 2,156 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.6% | 15 min | 4.5% |
| 17 | Omaha (OMA)Eppley Airfield, NE · 1,945 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.4% | 13 min | 2.2% |
| 18 | Raleigh/Durham (RDU)Raleigh-Durham Intl, NC · 4,163 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.2% | 15 min | 8.2% |
| 19 | Chicago (MDW)Chicago Midway Intl, IL · 4,848 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.5% | 10 min | 2.1% |
| 20 | Austin (AUS)Austin Bergstrom Intl, TX · 6,707 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.3% | 16 min | 4.7% |
| 21 | Honolulu, Oahu (HNL)Daniel K. Inouye Intl, HI · 5,054 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.2% | 13 min | 1.4% |
| 22 | St Louis (STL)St. Louis Lambert Intl, MO · 4,683 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.8% | 14 min | 3.5% |
| 23 | Indianapolis (IND)Indianapolis Intl, IN · 3,690 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.7% | 16 min | 4.4% |
| 24 | Kahului (OGG)Kahului Intl, HI · 2,169 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.6% | 12 min | 0.9% |
| 25 | Baltimore (BWI)Baltimore/Washington Intl Thurgood Marshall, MD · 6,934 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.6% | 11 min | 5.6% |
| 26 | Tampa (TPA)Tampa Intl, FL · 6,432 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.5% | 14 min | 3.8% |
| 27 | San Diego (SAN)San Diego Intl, CA · 7,406 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 80.2% | 16 min | 2.7% |
| 28 | Dallas (DAL)Dallas Love Field, TX · 5,470 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.3% | 11 min | 5.5% |
| 29 | Cleveland (CLE)Cleveland Hopkins Intl, OH · 2,874 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.3% | 19 min | 5.3% |
| 30 | Milwaukee (MKE)General Mitchell Intl, WI · 2,077 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.0% | 20 min | 3.7% |
| 31 | Philadelphia (PHL)Philadelphia Intl, PA · 7,049 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.8% | 20 min | 7.9% |
| 32 | Fort Myers (RSW)Southwest Florida Intl, FL · 3,454 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.0% | 19 min | 4.1% |
| 33 | West Palm Beach (PBI)Palm Beach Intl, FL · 3,108 departures · most delay from airline issues | 73.1% | 22 min | 5.5% |
| 34 | Fort Lauderdale (FLL)Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Intl, FL · 8,607 departures · most delay from airline issues | 68.5% | 21 min | 4.8% |
Smaller airports
5,000 to 25,000 departures a year
| # | Airport | On-time departures | Avg delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Midland (MAF)Midland Intl Air and Space Port, TX · 682 departures · most delay from airline issues | 89.6% | 13 min | 5.6% |
| 2 | Long Beach (LGB)Long Beach Intl, CA · 1,217 departures · most delay from airline issues | 89.3% | 6 min | 0.4% |
| 3 | Panama City Beach (ECP)Northwest Florida Beaches Intl, FL · 479 departures · most delay from airline issues | 89.1% | 10 min | 4.4% |
| 4 | Tulsa (TUL)Tulsa Intl, OK · 1,332 departures · most delay from airline issues | 88.4% | 14 min | 7.0% |
| 5 | Reno (RNO)Reno Tahoe Intl, NV · 1,664 departures · most delay from airline issues | 88.2% | 10 min | 1.3% |
| 6 | Lubbock (LBB)Lubbock Preston Smith Intl, TX · 541 departures · most delay from airline issues | 88.0% | 13 min | 9.1% |
| 7 | Boise (BOI)Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field, ID · 1,910 departures · most delay from airline issues | 87.9% | 10 min | 0.8% |
| 8 | Little Rock (LIT)Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field, AR · 1,004 departures · most delay from airline issues | 87.7% | 10 min | 7.9% |
| 9 | Jackson (JAN)Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers Intl, MS · 478 departures · most delay from airline issues | 87.5% | 12 min | 6.1% |
| 10 | Albuquerque (ABQ)Albuquerque Intl Sunport, NM · 1,759 departures · most delay from airline issues | 87.3% | 10 min | 2.3% |
| 11 | Eugene (EUG)Eugene, OR · 644 departures · most delay from airline issues | 87.2% | 14 min | 1.7% |
| 12 | Santa Barbara (SBA)Santa Barbara Muni, CA · 664 departures · most delay from airline issues | 86.8% | 11 min | 3.9% |
| 13 | Oklahoma City (OKC)OKC Will Rogers World, OK · 1,736 departures · most delay from airline issues | 86.5% | 12 min | 7.3% |
| 14 | Birmingham (BHM)Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Intl, AL · 1,243 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.8% | 14 min | 4.3% |
| 15 | Pasco (PSC)Tri Cities, WA · 518 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.7% | 18 min | 0.4% |
| 16 | Spokane (GEG)Spokane Intl, WA · 1,404 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.6% | 13 min | 1.6% |
| 17 | El Paso (ELP)El Paso Intl, TX · 1,289 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.3% | 11 min | 3.0% |
| 18 | Wichita (ICT)Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National, KS · 863 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.3% | 11 min | 4.1% |
| 19 | Springfield (SGF)Springfield Branson National, MO · 571 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 85.3% | 10 min | 6.0% |
| 20 | San Luis Obispo (SBP)San Luis County Rgnl, CA · 470 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.3% | 11 min | 1.7% |
| 21 | Tucson (TUS)Tucson Intl, AZ · 1,738 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.2% | 12 min | 2.2% |
| 22 | Bozeman (BZN)Bozeman Yellowstone Intl, MT · 890 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.0% | 11 min | 1.2% |
| 23 | Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers (XNA)Northwest Arkansas National, AR · 1,077 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.9% | 15 min | 6.9% |
| 24 | Greensboro (GSO)Piedmont Triad Intl, NC · 784 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.2% | 17 min | 9.6% |
| 25 | Savannah (SAV)Savannah Hilton Head Intl, GA · 1,257 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.1% | 16 min | 6.8% |
| 26 | Louisville (SDF)Louisville Muhammad Ali Intl, KY · 1,578 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.0% | 15 min | 7.0% |
| 27 | Valparaiso (VPS)Destin-Fort Walton Beach, FL · 609 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.8% | 18 min | 5.9% |
| 28 | Pinellas Park (PIE)St. Petersburg Clearwater Intl, FL · 633 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.6% | 13 min | 2.7% |
| 29 | Mesa (AZA)Mesa Gateway, AZ · 524 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.4% | 15 min | 0.2% |
| 30 | Charleston (CHS)Charleston Intl, SC · 1,817 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.3% | 16 min | 6.7% |
| 31 | Lexington (LEX)Blue Grass, KY · 636 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.3% | 17 min | 8.7% |
| 32 | Norfolk (ORF)Norfolk Intl, VA · 1,390 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.2% | 17 min | 7.4% |
| 33 | Redmond (RDM)Roberts Field, OR · 487 departures · most delay from weather | 83.2% | 20 min | 2.0% |
| 34 | Wilmington (ILM)Wilmington Intl, NC · 499 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.9% | 14 min | 11.0% |
| 35 | Lihue, Kauai (LIH)Lihue, HI · 1,328 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.8% | 12 min | 1.0% |
| 36 | Kailua-Kona (KOA)Ellison Onizuka Kona Intl Airport at Keāhole, HI · 1,424 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.7% | 12 min | 1.1% |
| 37 | Colorado Springs (COS)City of Colorado Springs Muni, CO · 924 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.6% | 15 min | 2.3% |
| 38 | Myrtle Beach (MYR)Myrtle Beach Intl, SC · 739 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.6% | 17 min | 9.1% |
| 39 | Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg (GSP)Greenville-Spartanburg Intl, SC · 1,109 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.5% | 17 min | 9.1% |
| 40 | Sarasota/Bradenton (SRQ)Sarasota Bradenton Intl, FL · 1,601 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.3% | 14 min | 4.3% |
| 41 | Palm Springs (PSP)Palm Springs Intl, CA · 1,560 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 82.1% | 20 min | 5.3% |
| 42 | Albany (ALB)Albany Intl, NY · 910 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.9% | 20 min | 6.0% |
| 43 | Fresno (FAT)Fresno Yosemite Intl, CA · 1,022 departures · most delay from weather | 81.8% | 19 min | 3.5% |
| 44 | Sioux Falls (FSD)Sioux Falls Rgnl, SD · 612 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.4% | 21 min | 1.8% |
| 45 | Memphis (MEM)Memphis Intl, TN · 1,727 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.3% | 21 min | 9.5% |
| 46 | Pensacola (PNS)Pensacola Intl, FL · 924 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.3% | 22 min | 5.8% |
| 47 | Manchester (MHT)Manchester-Boston Rgnl, NH · 411 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.3% | 17 min | 7.5% |
| 48 | Portland (PWM)Portland Intl Jetport, ME · 556 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.1% | 19 min | 7.7% |
| 49 | Medford (MFR)Rogue Valley Intl-Medford, OR · 425 departures · most delay from weather | 81.0% | 25 min | 3.5% |
| 50 | Hartford (BDL)Bradley Intl, CT · 1,693 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.9% | 17 min | 8.0% |
| 51 | Richmond (RIC)Richmond Intl, VA · 1,495 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.7% | 17 min | 9.0% |
| 52 | Huntsville (HSV)Huntsville Intl, AL · 572 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.5% | 22 min | 6.8% |
| 53 | Hilo (ITO)Hilo Intl, HI · 570 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.5% | 10 min | 1.8% |
| 54 | Columbia (CAE)Columbia Metropolitan, SC · 446 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.2% | 25 min | 8.3% |
| 55 | Providence/Warwick (PVD)Rhode Island T. F. Green Intl, RI · 1,098 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.1% | 16 min | 7.4% |
| 56 | Harrisburg (MDT)Harrisburg Intl, PA · 485 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.3% | 20 min | 7.2% |
| 57 | Asheville (AVL)Asheville Rgnl, NC · 637 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.2% | 19 min | 9.3% |
| 58 | Shreveport (SHV)Shreveport Rgnl, LA · 442 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.6% | 23 min | 13.3% |
| 59 | Peoria (PIA)General Wayne A. Downing Peoria Intl, IL · 440 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.6% | 18 min | 4.3% |
| 60 | Jackson (JAC)Jackson Hole, WY · 575 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.4% | 22 min | 2.6% |
| 61 | Knoxville/Maryville (TYS)McGhee Tyson, TN · 921 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.2% | 25 min | 8.7% |
| 62 | Des Moines (DSM)Des Moines Intl, IA · 1,122 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.8% | 26 min | 4.3% |
| 63 | Buffalo (BUF)Buffalo Niagara Intl, NY · 1,354 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.7% | 22 min | 6.4% |
| 64 | Cedar Rapids (CID)The Eastern Iowa, IA · 684 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.5% | 25 min | 4.0% |
| 65 | Burlington (BTV)Patrick Leahy Burlington Intl, VT · 443 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.5% | 20 min | 8.6% |
| 66 | Dayton (DAY)James M. Cox Dayton Intl, OH · 630 departures · most delay from weather | 77.1% | 29 min | 7.6% |
| 67 | Madison (MSN)Dane County Rgnl Truax Field, WI · 1,022 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.8% | 27 min | 5.9% |
| 68 | Islip (ISP)Long Island MacArthur, NY · 435 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.6% | 13 min | 4.6% |
| 69 | Syracuse (SYR)Syracuse Hancock Intl, NY · 740 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.2% | 25 min | 6.3% |
| 70 | Anchorage (ANC)Ted Stevens Anchorage Intl, AK · 1,339 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.1% | 21 min | 3.7% |
| 71 | Orlando (SFB)Orlando Sanford Intl, FL · 767 departures · most delay from airline issues | 75.0% | 19 min | 2.9% |
| 72 | Punta Gorda (PGD)Punta Gorda, FL · 682 departures · most delay from airline issues | 74.9% | 18 min | 1.5% |
| 73 | Key West (EYW)Key West Intl, FL · 889 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 73.5% | 29 min | 5.3% |
| 74 | Fort Wayne (FWA)Fort Wayne Intl, IN · 517 departures · most delay from airline issues | 73.0% | 30 min | 3.9% |
| 75 | Grand Rapids (GRR)Gerald R. Ford Intl, MI · 1,393 departures · most delay from airline issues | 72.6% | 29 min | 3.3% |
| 76 | Fargo (FAR)Hector Intl, ND · 578 departures · most delay from airline issues | 72.5% | 30 min | 3.6% |
| 77 | Rochester (ROC)Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester Intl, NY · 754 departures · most delay from airline issues | 72.4% | 26 min | 6.8% |
| 78 | White Plains (HPN)Westchester County, NY · 915 departures · most delay from airline issues | 71.3% | 25 min | 7.5% |
| 79 | Appleton (ATW)Appleton Intl, WI · 612 departures · most delay from airline issues | 70.1% | 35 min | 2.6% |
| 80 | Aspen (ASE)Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field), CO · 1,037 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 68.3% | 36 min | 9.0% |
| 81 | South Bend (SBN)South Bend Intl, IN · 648 departures · most delay from airline issues | 66.9% | 43 min | 5.3% |
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Frequently asked
- What counts as an on-time departure?
- The US Department of Transportation counts a flight as on time when it leaves the gate less than 15 minutes after its scheduled departure time. Cancelled and diverted flights are not counted as on time.
- Which month has the most flight delays in the US?
- In the last 12 months of data, July was the worst month nationally, with 71.4% of departures on time, and September was the best at 83.5%.
- Why are airports grouped by size?
- A hub with 300,000 departures a year deals with very different congestion than a regional airport, so each airport is ranked against airports of a similar size. Airports with fewer than 5,000 departures a year are not ranked.
- Does a low ranking mean I should avoid an airport?
- Not necessarily. These are historical averages. Leaving early in the day, picking the most reliable flight on your route, and checking FAA delays before you go matter more than the airport alone.
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