US Airports With the Most Flight Delays in February
Among the 22 busiest US airports, Washington (DCA) had the lowest on-time departure rate in February: 70.3% of flights left within 15 minutes of schedule, with an average departure delay of 22 min. Across all 131 airports we ranked, Aspen (ASE) had the lowest rate at 61.7%.
Ranked by the share of departures that left on time, over February 2026 (US DOT data).
- Airports ranked
- 131
- Period
- February 2026
- US on-time departures
- 79.8%
- Ranked by
- On-time departures
Major hubs
100,000+ departures a year
| # | Airport | On-time departures | Avg delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington (DCA)Ronald Reagan Washington National, DC · 10,996 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 70.3% | 22 min | 4.3% |
| 2 | Orlando (MCO)Orlando Intl, FL · 13,339 departures · most delay from airline issues | 73.9% | 19 min | 2.6% |
| 3 | Boston (BOS)Boston Logan Intl, MA · 10,232 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.2% | 19 min | 8.2% |
| 4 | Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)Dallas Fort Worth Intl, TX · 22,019 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.6% | 16 min | 1.3% |
| 5 | New York (JFK)John F. Kennedy Intl, NY · 7,458 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.7% | 19 min | 8.8% |
| 6 | Charlotte (CLT)Charlotte Douglas Intl, NC · 13,192 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.4% | 17 min | 3.4% |
| 7 | Miami (MIA)Miami Intl, FL · 9,304 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.4% | 16 min | 1.7% |
| 8 | Chicago (ORD)Chicago O'Hare Intl, IL · 25,538 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.6% | 17 min | 1.1% |
| 9 | Detroit (DTW)Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County, MI · 9,122 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.6% | 19 min | 2.1% |
| 10 | Nashville (BNA)Nashville Intl, TN · 7,542 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.6% | 13 min | 1.6% |
| 11 | San Francisco (SFO)San Francisco Intl, CA · 10,316 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 79.3% | 17 min | 1.2% |
| 12 | New York (LGA)LaGuardia, NY · 10,307 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.3% | 15 min | 8.2% |
| 13 | Las Vegas (LAS)Harry Reid Intl, NV · 12,886 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.1% | 13 min | 0.9% |
| 14 | Los Angeles (LAX)Los Angeles Intl, CA · 13,687 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.2% | 15 min | 1.4% |
| 15 | Denver (DEN)Denver Intl, CO · 23,046 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 80.3% | 15 min | 0.9% |
| 16 | Phoenix (PHX)Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl, AZ · 15,656 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.7% | 12 min | 0.7% |
| 17 | Newark (EWR)Newark Liberty Intl, NJ · 9,244 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 81.4% | 13 min | 7.9% |
| 18 | Atlanta (ATL)Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta Intl, GA · 23,024 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.7% | 12 min | 1.5% |
| 19 | Minneapolis (MSP)Minneapolis–Saint Paul Intl Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field, MN · 7,923 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.7% | 14 min | 1.1% |
| 20 | Seattle (SEA)Seattle–Tacoma Intl, WA · 11,000 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.0% | 10 min | 0.8% |
| 21 | Salt Lake City (SLC)Salt Lake City Intl, UT · 9,167 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.1% | 12 min | 1.0% |
| 22 | Houston (IAH)George Bush Intercontinental, TX · 8,976 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.4% | 11 min | 1.1% |
Mid-size airports
25,000 to 100,000 departures a year
| # | Airport | On-time departures | Avg delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fort Lauderdale (FLL)Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Intl, FL · 8,251 departures · most delay from airline issues | 67.9% | 23 min | 4.0% |
| 2 | West Palm Beach (PBI)Palm Beach Intl, FL · 2,973 departures · most delay from airline issues | 74.4% | 21 min | 4.8% |
| 3 | Dallas (DAL)Dallas Love Field, TX · 5,163 departures · most delay from airline issues | 75.4% | 12 min | 0.9% |
| 4 | Baltimore (BWI)Baltimore/Washington Intl Thurgood Marshall, MD · 6,552 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.0% | 14 min | 3.6% |
| 5 | Fort Myers (RSW)Southwest Florida Intl, FL · 3,551 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.2% | 17 min | 2.9% |
| 6 | Chicago (MDW)Chicago Midway Intl, IL · 4,537 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.8% | 11 min | 0.9% |
| 7 | Kahului (OGG)Kahului Intl, HI · 1,966 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.3% | 12 min | 0.8% |
| 8 | San Diego (SAN)San Diego Intl, CA · 7,008 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.6% | 14 min | 1.0% |
| 9 | Philadelphia (PHL)Philadelphia Intl, PA · 6,686 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.1% | 15 min | 6.1% |
| 10 | Oakland (OAK)Oakland San Francisco Bay, CA · 2,356 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.2% | 11 min | 0.3% |
| 11 | Austin (AUS)Austin Bergstrom Intl, TX · 6,471 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.3% | 14 min | 1.0% |
| 12 | Tampa (TPA)Tampa Intl, FL · 6,173 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.4% | 14 min | 2.3% |
| 13 | Cleveland (CLE)Cleveland Hopkins Intl, OH · 2,770 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.8% | 17 min | 2.2% |
| 14 | New Orleans (MSY)Louis Armstrong New Orleans Intl, LA · 4,111 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.0% | 14 min | 1.8% |
| 15 | St Louis (STL)St. Louis Lambert Intl, MO · 4,484 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.3% | 13 min | 1.3% |
| 16 | Houston (HOU)William P. Hobby, TX · 3,832 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.5% | 10 min | 0.7% |
| 17 | Raleigh/Durham (RDU)Raleigh-Durham Intl, NC · 3,954 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.6% | 15 min | 3.7% |
| 18 | Kansas City (MCI)Kansas City Intl, MO · 3,503 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.0% | 13 min | 1.5% |
| 19 | Honolulu, Oahu (HNL)Daniel K. Inouye Intl, HI · 4,464 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.4% | 12 min | 0.9% |
| 20 | Columbus (CMH)John Glenn Columbus Intl, OH · 3,231 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.4% | 14 min | 2.7% |
| 21 | Santa Ana (SNA)John Wayne Orange County Intl, CA · 3,343 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.6% | 13 min | 0.9% |
| 22 | Milwaukee (MKE)General Mitchell Intl, WI · 2,033 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.9% | 15 min | 1.3% |
| 23 | Jacksonville (JAX)Jacksonville Intl, FL · 2,023 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.1% | 14 min | 2.6% |
| 24 | Sacramento (SMF)Sacramento Intl, CA · 3,935 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.3% | 10 min | 0.3% |
| 25 | Cincinnati / Covington (CVG)Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Intl, KY · 2,270 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.3% | 14 min | 1.4% |
| 26 | Indianapolis (IND)Indianapolis Intl, IN · 3,457 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.4% | 11 min | 2.6% |
| 27 | Burbank (BUR)Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope, CA · 2,134 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.7% | 12 min | 2.1% |
| 28 | Ontario (ONT)Ontario Intl, CA · 1,734 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.8% | 11 min | 0.3% |
| 29 | Dulles (IAD)Washington Dulles Intl, VA · 4,037 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.2% | 12 min | 1.3% |
| 30 | Pittsburgh (PIT)Pittsburgh Intl, PA · 2,943 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.4% | 11 min | 2.7% |
| 31 | San Jose (SJC)Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl, CA · 3,088 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.5% | 9 min | 0.6% |
| 32 | Omaha (OMA)Eppley Airfield, NE · 1,803 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.5% | 10 min | 0.3% |
| 33 | San Antonio (SAT)San Antonio Intl, TX · 2,671 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.7% | 10 min | 1.3% |
| 34 | Portland (PDX)Portland Intl, OR · 4,182 departures · most delay from airline issues | 86.3% | 9 min | 0.7% |
Smaller airports
5,000 to 25,000 departures a year
| # | Airport | On-time departures | Avg delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aspen (ASE)Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field), CO · 1,012 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 61.7% | 42 min | 11.1% |
| 2 | Key West (EYW)Key West Intl, FL · 805 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 66.4% | 26 min | 3.5% |
| 3 | White Plains (HPN)Westchester County, NY · 837 departures · most delay from airline issues | 69.5% | 25 min | 8.4% |
| 4 | Islip (ISP)Long Island MacArthur, NY · 433 departures · most delay from airline issues | 71.7% | 22 min | 6.9% |
| 5 | Rochester (ROC)Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester Intl, NY · 792 departures · most delay from airline issues | 72.7% | 22 min | 3.3% |
| 6 | South Bend (SBN)South Bend Intl, IN · 620 departures · most delay from airline issues | 73.5% | 28 min | 0.7% |
| 7 | Jackson (JAC)Jackson Hole, WY · 536 departures · most delay from airline issues | 74.6% | 31 min | 3.2% |
| 8 | Syracuse (SYR)Syracuse Hancock Intl, NY · 694 departures · most delay from airline issues | 75.5% | 23 min | 2.3% |
| 9 | Orlando (SFB)Orlando Sanford Intl, FL · 767 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.2% | 23 min | 0.4% |
| 10 | Cedar Rapids (CID)The Eastern Iowa, IA · 683 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.0% | 21 min | 0.6% |
| 11 | Buffalo (BUF)Buffalo Niagara Intl, NY · 1,388 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.3% | 24 min | 3.3% |
| 12 | Peoria (PIA)General Wayne A. Downing Peoria Intl, IL · 405 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.3% | 18 min | 1.2% |
| 13 | Harrisburg (MDT)Harrisburg Intl, PA · 454 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.7% | 19 min | 2.4% |
| 14 | Hartford (BDL)Bradley Intl, CT · 1,688 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.9% | 18 min | 6.8% |
| 15 | Albany (ALB)Albany Intl, NY · 961 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.3% | 17 min | 2.0% |
| 16 | Burlington (BTV)Patrick Leahy Burlington Intl, VT · 433 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.4% | 23 min | 3.9% |
| 17 | Providence/Warwick (PVD)Rhode Island T. F. Green Intl, RI · 1,138 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.7% | 16 min | 8.7% |
| 18 | Dayton (DAY)James M. Cox Dayton Intl, OH · 575 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.7% | 21 min | 1.4% |
| 19 | Huntsville (HSV)Huntsville Intl, AL · 568 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.1% | 26 min | 1.4% |
| 20 | Asheville (AVL)Asheville Rgnl, NC · 580 departures · most delay from weather | 79.4% | 21 min | 2.2% |
| 21 | Fargo (FAR)Hector Intl, ND · 547 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.7% | 19 min | 0.7% |
| 22 | Grand Rapids (GRR)Gerald R. Ford Intl, MI · 1,376 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.9% | 17 min | 1.2% |
| 23 | Appleton (ATW)Appleton Intl, WI · 617 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.0% | 20 min | 0.3% |
| 24 | Palm Springs (PSP)Palm Springs Intl, CA · 1,492 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.1% | 21 min | 0.9% |
| 25 | Wilmington (ILM)Wilmington Intl, NC · 450 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.3% | 15 min | 6.2% |
| 26 | Myrtle Beach (MYR)Myrtle Beach Intl, SC · 722 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.5% | 17 min | 9.1% |
| 27 | Reno (RNO)Reno Tahoe Intl, NV · 1,619 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.0% | 19 min | 1.2% |
| 28 | Knoxville/Maryville (TYS)McGhee Tyson, TN · 816 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.0% | 19 min | 1.5% |
| 29 | Des Moines (DSM)Des Moines Intl, IA · 1,095 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.3% | 22 min | 1.0% |
| 30 | Bozeman (BZN)Bozeman Yellowstone Intl, MT · 848 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.5% | 14 min | 0.7% |
| 31 | Norfolk (ORF)Norfolk Intl, VA · 1,329 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.6% | 20 min | 3.9% |
| 32 | Madison (MSN)Dane County Rgnl Truax Field, WI · 962 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.8% | 16 min | 1.6% |
| 33 | Shreveport (SHV)Shreveport Rgnl, LA · 406 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.0% | 20 min | 1.7% |
| 34 | Valparaiso (VPS)Destin-Fort Walton Beach, FL · 606 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.6% | 19 min | 1.5% |
| 35 | Charleston (CHS)Charleston Intl, SC · 1,680 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.8% | 14 min | 3.8% |
| 36 | Portland (PWM)Portland Intl Jetport, ME · 521 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.8% | 14 min | 6.3% |
| 37 | Lihue, Kauai (LIH)Lihue, HI · 1,163 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.9% | 10 min | 2.3% |
| 38 | Lexington (LEX)Blue Grass, KY · 576 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.0% | 15 min | 0.7% |
| 39 | Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg (GSP)Greenville-Spartanburg Intl, SC · 1,056 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.1% | 14 min | 3.5% |
| 40 | Colorado Springs (COS)City of Colorado Springs Muni, CO · 854 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.1% | 14 min | 0.2% |
| 41 | Richmond (RIC)Richmond Intl, VA · 1,458 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.4% | 13 min | 3.9% |
| 42 | Sarasota/Bradenton (SRQ)Sarasota Bradenton Intl, FL · 1,684 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.5% | 13 min | 2.5% |
| 43 | Tucson (TUS)Tucson Intl, AZ · 1,646 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.7% | 14 min | 0.2% |
| 44 | Savannah (SAV)Savannah Hilton Head Intl, GA · 1,216 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.7% | 15 min | 3.9% |
| 45 | Santa Barbara (SBA)Santa Barbara Muni, CA · 616 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.9% | 16 min | 0.3% |
| 46 | Redmond (RDM)Roberts Field, OR · 473 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.0% | 16 min | 5.1% |
| 47 | Louisville (SDF)Louisville Muhammad Ali Intl, KY · 1,594 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.2% | 13 min | 2.6% |
| 48 | Punta Gorda (PGD)Punta Gorda, FL · 710 departures · most delay from weather | 84.3% | 9 min | 0.7% |
| 49 | Hilo (ITO)Hilo Intl, HI · 516 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.3% | 8 min | 0.2% |
| 50 | Kailua-Kona (KOA)Ellison Onizuka Kona Intl Airport at Keāhole, HI · 1,277 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.5% | 9 min | 0.8% |
| 51 | Pinellas Park (PIE)St. Petersburg Clearwater Intl, FL · 661 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.5% | 13 min | 0.6% |
| 52 | Panama City Beach (ECP)Northwest Florida Beaches Intl, FL · 539 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.5% | 11 min | 1.9% |
| 53 | Greensboro (GSO)Piedmont Triad Intl, NC · 749 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.7% | 11 min | 3.9% |
| 54 | Memphis (MEM)Memphis Intl, TN · 1,609 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.2% | 12 min | 1.7% |
| 55 | Sioux Falls (FSD)Sioux Falls Rgnl, SD · 627 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.3% | 14 min | 0.3% |
| 56 | El Paso (ELP)El Paso Intl, TX · 1,159 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.4% | 12 min | 0.9% |
| 57 | Birmingham (BHM)Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Intl, AL · 1,149 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.5% | 12 min | 1.2% |
| 58 | Pensacola (PNS)Pensacola Intl, FL · 933 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.5% | 10 min | 1.8% |
| 59 | Springfield (SGF)Springfield Branson National, MO · 500 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.5% | 15 min | 0.4% |
| 60 | Long Beach (LGB)Long Beach Intl, CA · 1,129 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.9% | 8 min | 0.3% |
| 61 | Wichita (ICT)Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National, KS · 818 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.9% | 11 min | 0.6% |
| 62 | Anchorage (ANC)Ted Stevens Anchorage Intl, AK · 1,221 departures · most delay from airline issues | 86.0% | 9 min | 1.1% |
| 63 | Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers (XNA)Northwest Arkansas National, AR · 1,006 departures · most delay from airline issues | 86.0% | 12 min | 1.2% |
| 64 | Little Rock (LIT)Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field, AR · 907 departures · most delay from airline issues | 86.1% | 16 min | 0.9% |
| 65 | Fresno (FAT)Fresno Yosemite Intl, CA · 889 departures · most delay from airline issues | 86.2% | 12 min | 0.5% |
| 66 | Albuquerque (ABQ)Albuquerque Intl Sunport, NM · 1,679 departures · most delay from airline issues | 86.3% | 10 min | 0.7% |
| 67 | Lubbock (LBB)Lubbock Preston Smith Intl, TX · 496 departures · most delay from airline issues | 86.8% | 15 min | 0.6% |
| 68 | Oklahoma City (OKC)OKC Will Rogers World, OK · 1,678 departures · most delay from airline issues | 87.0% | 12 min | 0.8% |
| 69 | Pasco (PSC)Tri Cities, WA · 476 departures · most delay from airline issues | 87.5% | 13 min | 0.6% |
| 70 | Mesa (AZA)Mesa Gateway, AZ · 530 departures · most delay from airline issues | 87.9% | 8 min | 0.0% |
| 71 | Spokane (GEG)Spokane Intl, WA · 1,299 departures · most delay from airline issues | 88.0% | 11 min | 0.5% |
| 72 | Tulsa (TUL)Tulsa Intl, OK · 1,264 departures · most delay from airline issues | 88.0% | 12 min | 0.9% |
| 73 | Eugene (EUG)Eugene, OR · 612 departures · most delay from airline issues | 88.2% | 8 min | 0.2% |
| 74 | Boise (BOI)Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field, ID · 1,781 departures · most delay from airline issues | 88.6% | 10 min | 0.1% |
| 75 | Midland (MAF)Midland Intl Air and Space Port, TX · 645 departures · most delay from airline issues | 91.9% | 7 min | 0.9% |
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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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