US Airports With the Most Flight Delays in March
Among the 22 busiest US airports, New York (LGA) had the lowest on-time departure rate in March: 66.9% of flights left within 15 minutes of schedule, with an average departure delay of 26 min. Across all 138 airports we ranked, Fort Lauderdale (FLL) had the lowest rate at 58.5%.
Ranked by the share of departures that left on time, over March 2026 (US DOT data).
- Airports ranked
- 138
- Period
- March 2026
- US on-time departures
- 74.8%
- Ranked by
- On-time departures
Major hubs
100,000+ departures a year
| # | Airport | On-time departures | Avg delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York (LGA)LaGuardia, NY · 11,660 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 66.9% | 26 min | 9.7% |
| 2 | Orlando (MCO)Orlando Intl, FL · 15,497 departures · most delay from airline issues | 68.0% | 24 min | 4.0% |
| 3 | Washington (DCA)Ronald Reagan Washington National, DC · 12,204 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 68.1% | 27 min | 5.0% |
| 4 | Miami (MIA)Miami Intl, FL · 10,460 departures · most delay from airline issues | 68.7% | 25 min | 3.0% |
| 5 | Chicago (ORD)Chicago O'Hare Intl, IL · 31,373 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 69.0% | 28 min | 5.7% |
| 6 | Nashville (BNA)Nashville Intl, TN · 9,623 departures · most delay from airline issues | 69.3% | 21 min | 2.3% |
| 7 | Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)Dallas Fort Worth Intl, TX · 26,008 departures · most delay from airline issues | 71.0% | 23 min | 2.5% |
| 8 | Detroit (DTW)Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County, MI · 10,701 departures · most delay from airline issues | 73.1% | 25 min | 4.0% |
| 9 | Charlotte (CLT)Charlotte Douglas Intl, NC · 15,278 departures · most delay from airline issues | 73.7% | 21 min | 2.4% |
| 10 | Denver (DEN)Denver Intl, CO · 27,089 departures · most delay from airline issues | 74.6% | 18 min | 1.5% |
| 11 | Atlanta (ATL)Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta Intl, GA · 26,669 departures · most delay from airline issues | 75.0% | 19 min | 3.5% |
| 12 | Las Vegas (LAS)Harry Reid Intl, NV · 15,169 departures · most delay from airline issues | 75.8% | 16 min | 1.1% |
| 13 | Boston (BOS)Boston Logan Intl, MA · 12,299 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.2% | 18 min | 2.7% |
| 14 | Houston (IAH)George Bush Intercontinental, TX · 10,492 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 76.5% | 23 min | 2.9% |
| 15 | Newark (EWR)Newark Liberty Intl, NJ · 10,755 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 76.8% | 18 min | 2.3% |
| 16 | Seattle (SEA)Seattle–Tacoma Intl, WA · 12,830 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.9% | 15 min | 2.2% |
| 17 | New York (JFK)John F. Kennedy Intl, NY · 8,392 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.1% | 18 min | 2.1% |
| 18 | Phoenix (PHX)Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl, AZ · 19,277 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.4% | 17 min | 0.9% |
| 19 | Minneapolis (MSP)Minneapolis–Saint Paul Intl Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field, MN · 9,608 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.0% | 19 min | 5.0% |
| 20 | Los Angeles (LAX)Los Angeles Intl, CA · 16,088 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.3% | 14 min | 1.3% |
| 21 | San Francisco (SFO)San Francisco Intl, CA · 12,171 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.4% | 13 min | 1.0% |
| 22 | Salt Lake City (SLC)Salt Lake City Intl, UT · 10,632 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.8% | 11 min | 1.2% |
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 · 9,928 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 58.5% | 34 min | 4.7% |
| 2 | Chicago (MDW)Chicago Midway Intl, IL · 6,508 departures · most delay from airline issues | 62.4% | 24 min | 3.9% |
| 3 | Houston (HOU)William P. Hobby, TX · 4,578 departures · most delay from airline issues | 62.7% | 21 min | 1.4% |
| 4 | Baltimore (BWI)Baltimore/Washington Intl Thurgood Marshall, MD · 7,803 departures · most delay from airline issues | 65.5% | 23 min | 2.6% |
| 5 | Dallas (DAL)Dallas Love Field, TX · 6,221 departures · most delay from airline issues | 65.8% | 20 min | 1.3% |
| 6 | West Palm Beach (PBI)Palm Beach Intl, FL · 3,385 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 68.8% | 26 min | 3.5% |
| 7 | St Louis (STL)St. Louis Lambert Intl, MO · 5,400 departures · most delay from airline issues | 71.0% | 21 min | 2.5% |
| 8 | Fort Myers (RSW)Southwest Florida Intl, FL · 4,504 departures · most delay from airline issues | 72.0% | 25 min | 3.2% |
| 9 | New Orleans (MSY)Louis Armstrong New Orleans Intl, LA · 4,485 departures · most delay from airline issues | 72.6% | 20 min | 2.8% |
| 10 | Austin (AUS)Austin Bergstrom Intl, TX · 7,973 departures · most delay from airline issues | 72.8% | 21 min | 1.7% |
| 11 | Tampa (TPA)Tampa Intl, FL · 7,679 departures · most delay from airline issues | 73.1% | 21 min | 2.9% |
| 12 | Milwaukee (MKE)General Mitchell Intl, WI · 2,626 departures · most delay from airline issues | 74.2% | 26 min | 6.3% |
| 13 | Raleigh/Durham (RDU)Raleigh-Durham Intl, NC · 4,658 departures · most delay from airline issues | 75.4% | 20 min | 2.8% |
| 14 | Jacksonville (JAX)Jacksonville Intl, FL · 2,545 departures · most delay from airline issues | 75.5% | 22 min | 3.0% |
| 15 | Philadelphia (PHL)Philadelphia Intl, PA · 7,778 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.1% | 21 min | 3.1% |
| 16 | Kansas City (MCI)Kansas City Intl, MO · 4,227 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.2% | 19 min | 3.4% |
| 17 | Columbus (CMH)John Glenn Columbus Intl, OH · 4,010 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.2% | 21 min | 3.2% |
| 18 | Indianapolis (IND)Indianapolis Intl, IN · 4,362 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.4% | 21 min | 2.6% |
| 19 | Oakland (OAK)Oakland San Francisco Bay, CA · 2,569 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.7% | 14 min | 1.0% |
| 20 | Omaha (OMA)Eppley Airfield, NE · 2,120 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.3% | 21 min | 3.4% |
| 21 | Cleveland (CLE)Cleveland Hopkins Intl, OH · 3,530 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.4% | 22 min | 3.6% |
| 22 | Cincinnati / Covington (CVG)Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Intl, KY · 3,105 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.7% | 22 min | 2.8% |
| 23 | Pittsburgh (PIT)Pittsburgh Intl, PA · 3,434 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.8% | 19 min | 2.9% |
| 24 | San Diego (SAN)San Diego Intl, CA · 8,547 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.9% | 16 min | 1.0% |
| 25 | Kahului (OGG)Kahului Intl, HI · 2,287 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.9% | 17 min | 3.2% |
| 26 | Honolulu, Oahu (HNL)Daniel K. Inouye Intl, HI · 5,037 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.7% | 15 min | 2.2% |
| 27 | Dulles (IAD)Washington Dulles Intl, VA · 4,983 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.8% | 20 min | 1.8% |
| 28 | San Antonio (SAT)San Antonio Intl, TX · 3,439 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.6% | 15 min | 1.4% |
| 29 | Sacramento (SMF)Sacramento Intl, CA · 4,630 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.9% | 12 min | 0.9% |
| 30 | Santa Ana (SNA)John Wayne Orange County Intl, CA · 3,821 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.5% | 12 min | 1.2% |
| 31 | Burbank (BUR)Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope, CA · 2,556 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.6% | 12 min | 1.3% |
| 32 | Portland (PDX)Portland Intl, OR · 5,113 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.0% | 12 min | 0.9% |
| 33 | San Jose (SJC)Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl, CA · 3,438 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.5% | 10 min | 1.0% |
| 34 | Ontario (ONT)Ontario Intl, CA · 2,081 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.6% | 10 min | 1.0% |
Smaller airports
5,000 to 25,000 departures a year
| # | Airport | On-time departures | Avg delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Islip (ISP)Long Island MacArthur, NY · 413 departures · most delay from airline issues | 67.3% | 22 min | 3.9% |
| 2 | South Bend (SBN)South Bend Intl, IN · 711 departures · most delay from airline issues | 69.4% | 43 min | 5.3% |
| 3 | Harrisburg (MDT)Harrisburg Intl, PA · 474 departures · most delay from airline issues | 70.0% | 35 min | 3.8% |
| 4 | Chattanooga (CHA)Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field), TN · 438 departures · most delay from airline issues | 72.3% | 35 min | 5.9% |
| 5 | Fort Wayne (FWA)Fort Wayne Intl, IN · 476 departures · most delay from airline issues | 72.7% | 40 min | 6.1% |
| 6 | Peoria (PIA)General Wayne A. Downing Peoria Intl, IL · 459 departures · most delay from airline issues | 72.8% | 30 min | 4.6% |
| 7 | Key West (EYW)Key West Intl, FL · 885 departures · most delay from airline issues | 73.2% | 27 min | 3.2% |
| 8 | Huntsville (HSV)Huntsville Intl, AL · 716 departures · most delay from airline issues | 73.2% | 34 min | 4.6% |
| 9 | Punta Gorda (PGD)Punta Gorda, FL · 939 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 73.4% | 28 min | 2.0% |
| 10 | Aspen (ASE)Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field), CO · 1,188 departures · most delay from airline issues | 73.9% | 25 min | 10.0% |
| 11 | Cedar Rapids (CID)The Eastern Iowa, IA · 801 departures · most delay from airline issues | 73.9% | 38 min | 5.6% |
| 12 | Syracuse (SYR)Syracuse Hancock Intl, NY · 820 departures · most delay from airline issues | 74.3% | 28 min | 4.2% |
| 13 | Sarasota/Bradenton (SRQ)Sarasota Bradenton Intl, FL · 2,122 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 74.4% | 22 min | 3.4% |
| 14 | Orlando (SFB)Orlando Sanford Intl, FL · 989 departures · most delay from airline issues | 74.5% | 27 min | 2.1% |
| 15 | Myrtle Beach (MYR)Myrtle Beach Intl, SC · 911 departures · most delay from airline issues | 74.5% | 23 min | 3.5% |
| 16 | Appleton (ATW)Appleton Intl, WI · 797 departures · most delay from airline issues | 74.6% | 31 min | 10.2% |
| 17 | Buffalo (BUF)Buffalo Niagara Intl, NY · 1,704 departures · most delay from airline issues | 74.8% | 21 min | 3.1% |
| 18 | Memphis (MEM)Memphis Intl, TN · 2,053 departures · most delay from airline issues | 75.1% | 25 min | 3.6% |
| 19 | Richmond (RIC)Richmond Intl, VA · 1,684 departures · most delay from airline issues | 75.6% | 23 min | 4.3% |
| 20 | Pinellas Park (PIE)St. Petersburg Clearwater Intl, FL · 906 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 75.7% | 17 min | 1.8% |
| 21 | Rochester (ROC)Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester Intl, NY · 845 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.0% | 21 min | 3.2% |
| 22 | Jackson (JAC)Jackson Hole, WY · 598 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.2% | 26 min | 1.7% |
| 23 | Birmingham (BHM)Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Intl, AL · 1,383 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.6% | 21 min | 3.5% |
| 24 | White Plains (HPN)Westchester County, NY · 920 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.6% | 22 min | 4.0% |
| 25 | Grand Rapids (GRR)Gerald R. Ford Intl, MI · 1,732 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.7% | 28 min | 3.4% |
| 26 | Louisville (SDF)Louisville Muhammad Ali Intl, KY · 2,009 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.0% | 23 min | 3.8% |
| 27 | Shreveport (SHV)Shreveport Rgnl, LA · 466 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.1% | 31 min | 2.4% |
| 28 | Savannah (SAV)Savannah Hilton Head Intl, GA · 1,675 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.3% | 22 min | 3.2% |
| 29 | Bozeman (BZN)Bozeman Yellowstone Intl, MT · 1,020 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.5% | 24 min | 1.3% |
| 30 | Springfield (SGF)Springfield Branson National, MO · 597 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.5% | 21 min | 1.8% |
| 31 | Little Rock (LIT)Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field, AR · 1,105 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.6% | 19 min | 2.4% |
| 32 | Lexington (LEX)Blue Grass, KY · 638 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.8% | 26 min | 2.0% |
| 33 | Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg (GSP)Greenville-Spartanburg Intl, SC · 1,203 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.9% | 21 min | 3.7% |
| 34 | Albany (ALB)Albany Intl, NY · 1,050 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.9% | 25 min | 3.0% |
| 35 | Madison (MSN)Dane County Rgnl Truax Field, WI · 1,128 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.0% | 21 min | 6.8% |
| 36 | Dayton (DAY)James M. Cox Dayton Intl, OH · 635 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.1% | 28 min | 4.3% |
| 37 | Sioux Falls (FSD)Sioux Falls Rgnl, SD · 754 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.2% | 17 min | 4.5% |
| 38 | Knoxville/Maryville (TYS)McGhee Tyson, TN · 1,119 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.3% | 24 min | 2.7% |
| 39 | Wichita (ICT)Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National, KS · 954 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.3% | 18 min | 3.4% |
| 40 | Charleston (CHS)Charleston Intl, SC · 2,199 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.4% | 20 min | 4.2% |
| 41 | Des Moines (DSM)Des Moines Intl, IA · 1,371 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.4% | 23 min | 4.2% |
| 42 | El Paso (ELP)El Paso Intl, TX · 1,362 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.4% | 17 min | 1.0% |
| 43 | Norfolk (ORF)Norfolk Intl, VA · 1,561 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.5% | 20 min | 3.5% |
| 44 | Valparaiso (VPS)Destin-Fort Walton Beach, FL · 920 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.5% | 20 min | 2.7% |
| 45 | Pensacola (PNS)Pensacola Intl, FL · 1,263 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.6% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| 46 | Hartford (BDL)Bradley Intl, CT · 1,877 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.9% | 21 min | 2.8% |
| 47 | Panama City Beach (ECP)Northwest Florida Beaches Intl, FL · 940 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.9% | 18 min | 2.8% |
| 48 | Fargo (FAR)Hector Intl, ND · 610 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.9% | 20 min | 2.3% |
| 49 | Wilmington (ILM)Wilmington Intl, NC · 497 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.9% | 20 min | 5.4% |
| 50 | Tulsa (TUL)Tulsa Intl, OK · 1,518 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.0% | 24 min | 2.0% |
| 51 | Asheville (AVL)Asheville Rgnl, NC · 747 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.0% | 20 min | 2.5% |
| 52 | Lihue, Kauai (LIH)Lihue, HI · 1,331 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.1% | 15 min | 2.6% |
| 53 | Providence/Warwick (PVD)Rhode Island T. F. Green Intl, RI · 1,261 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.3% | 19 min | 3.5% |
| 54 | Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers (XNA)Northwest Arkansas National, AR · 1,222 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.5% | 20 min | 2.6% |
| 55 | Palm Springs (PSP)Palm Springs Intl, CA · 1,826 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.9% | 16 min | 1.2% |
| 56 | Oklahoma City (OKC)OKC Will Rogers World, OK · 2,023 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.1% | 20 min | 2.0% |
| 57 | Colorado Springs (COS)City of Colorado Springs Muni, CO · 1,059 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.1% | 23 min | 1.1% |
| 58 | Portland (PWM)Portland Intl Jetport, ME · 641 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.3% | 24 min | 4.4% |
| 59 | Greensboro (GSO)Piedmont Triad Intl, NC · 816 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.5% | 23 min | 5.3% |
| 60 | Manchester (MHT)Manchester-Boston Rgnl, NH · 429 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.6% | 19 min | 2.8% |
| 61 | Hilo (ITO)Hilo Intl, HI · 556 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.6% | 13 min | 4.7% |
| 62 | Kailua-Kona (KOA)Ellison Onizuka Kona Intl Airport at Keāhole, HI · 1,435 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.9% | 15 min | 3.4% |
| 63 | Albuquerque (ABQ)Albuquerque Intl Sunport, NM · 2,011 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.9% | 13 min | 1.0% |
| 64 | Anchorage (ANC)Ted Stevens Anchorage Intl, AK · 1,423 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.1% | 14 min | 0.8% |
| 65 | Mesa (AZA)Mesa Gateway, AZ · 784 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.2% | 14 min | 0.5% |
| 66 | Burlington (BTV)Patrick Leahy Burlington Intl, VT · 438 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.3% | 21 min | 4.3% |
| 67 | Reno (RNO)Reno Tahoe Intl, NV · 1,830 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.8% | 13 min | 0.7% |
| 68 | Spokane (GEG)Spokane Intl, WA · 1,496 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.8% | 12 min | 1.5% |
| 69 | Long Beach (LGB)Long Beach Intl, CA · 1,200 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.3% | 9 min | 0.3% |
| 70 | Tucson (TUS)Tucson Intl, AZ · 1,923 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.4% | 16 min | 1.3% |
| 71 | Lubbock (LBB)Lubbock Preston Smith Intl, TX · 548 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.7% | 17 min | 2.5% |
| 72 | Amarillo (AMA)Rick Husband Amarillo Intl, TX · 428 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.6% | 14 min | 1.6% |
| 73 | Fresno (FAT)Fresno Yosemite Intl, CA · 1,012 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.2% | 15 min | 0.6% |
| 74 | Midland (MAF)Midland Intl Air and Space Port, TX · 736 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.2% | 16 min | 2.0% |
| 75 | San Luis Obispo (SBP)San Luis County Rgnl, CA · 412 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.3% | 17 min | 1.2% |
| 76 | Boise (BOI)Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field, ID · 2,027 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.7% | 11 min | 1.0% |
| 77 | Eugene (EUG)Eugene, OR · 728 departures · most delay from airline issues | 86.3% | 11 min | 1.1% |
| 78 | Santa Barbara (SBA)Santa Barbara Muni, CA · 734 departures · most delay from airline issues | 86.5% | 13 min | 0.3% |
| 79 | Redmond (RDM)Roberts Field, OR · 596 departures · most delay from airline issues | 87.1% | 10 min | 1.3% |
| 80 | Medford (MFR)Rogue Valley Intl-Medford, OR · 452 departures · most delay from airline issues | 87.5% | 12 min | 1.1% |
| 81 | Santa Rosa (STS)Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County, CA · 443 departures · most delay from airline issues | 87.6% | 10 min | 0.2% |
| 82 | Pasco (PSC)Tri Cities, WA · 507 departures · most delay from airline issues | 89.7% | 11 min | 0.8% |
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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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