US Airports With the Most Flight Delays in November
Among the 22 busiest US airports, Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) had the lowest on-time departure rate in November: 73.4% of flights left within 15 minutes of schedule, with an average departure delay of 21 min. Across all 136 airports we ranked, Dallas (DAL) had the lowest rate at 73.1%.
Ranked by the share of departures that left on time, over November 2025 (US DOT data).
- Airports ranked
- 136
- Period
- November 2025
- 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 | Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)Dallas Fort Worth Intl, TX · 25,032 departures · most delay from airline issues | 73.4% | 21 min | 3.5% |
| 2 | Washington (DCA)Ronald Reagan Washington National, DC · 11,586 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 73.9% | 20 min | 3.0% |
| 3 | New York (LGA)LaGuardia, NY · 11,577 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 73.9% | 21 min | 3.6% |
| 4 | Chicago (ORD)Chicago O'Hare Intl, IL · 28,703 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 75.5% | 21 min | 5.6% |
| 5 | Nashville (BNA)Nashville Intl, TN · 8,849 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 75.9% | 17 min | 1.2% |
| 6 | Phoenix (PHX)Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl, AZ · 16,887 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 76.9% | 16 min | 2.2% |
| 7 | Miami (MIA)Miami Intl, FL · 9,270 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.4% | 16 min | 1.9% |
| 8 | Las Vegas (LAS)Harry Reid Intl, NV · 14,443 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 78.1% | 14 min | 1.7% |
| 9 | Newark (EWR)Newark Liberty Intl, NJ · 10,403 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 78.8% | 18 min | 4.4% |
| 10 | Orlando (MCO)Orlando Intl, FL · 13,206 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.9% | 16 min | 1.9% |
| 11 | Houston (IAH)George Bush Intercontinental, TX · 10,022 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 79.6% | 16 min | 1.1% |
| 12 | San Francisco (SFO)San Francisco Intl, CA · 12,022 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 79.8% | 15 min | 1.9% |
| 13 | Boston (BOS)Boston Logan Intl, MA · 11,385 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 79.8% | 17 min | 2.8% |
| 14 | New York (JFK)John F. Kennedy Intl, NY · 8,626 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.1% | 16 min | 2.8% |
| 15 | Atlanta (ATL)Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta Intl, GA · 25,888 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.6% | 14 min | 2.5% |
| 16 | Los Angeles (LAX)Los Angeles Intl, CA · 15,422 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.6% | 15 min | 1.8% |
| 17 | Charlotte (CLT)Charlotte Douglas Intl, NC · 14,945 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.7% | 14 min | 1.4% |
| 18 | Detroit (DTW)Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County, MI · 9,887 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.5% | 16 min | 2.6% |
| 19 | Denver (DEN)Denver Intl, CO · 25,280 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.1% | 11 min | 1.4% |
| 20 | Seattle (SEA)Seattle–Tacoma Intl, WA · 12,616 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.5% | 11 min | 1.7% |
| 21 | Minneapolis (MSP)Minneapolis–Saint Paul Intl Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field, MN · 8,806 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.2% | 13 min | 2.2% |
| 22 | Salt Lake City (SLC)Salt Lake City Intl, UT · 9,197 departures · most delay from airline issues | 86.8% | 10 min | 1.7% |
Mid-size airports
25,000 to 100,000 departures a year
| # | Airport | On-time departures | Avg delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas (DAL)Dallas Love Field, TX · 5,799 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 73.1% | 17 min | 2.7% |
| 2 | San Diego (SAN)San Diego Intl, CA · 8,246 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 74.7% | 17 min | 2.8% |
| 3 | Austin (AUS)Austin Bergstrom Intl, TX · 7,346 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 75.0% | 20 min | 1.1% |
| 4 | West Palm Beach (PBI)Palm Beach Intl, FL · 2,792 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 75.0% | 23 min | 2.1% |
| 5 | Houston (HOU)William P. Hobby, TX · 4,552 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 76.7% | 14 min | 2.2% |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale (FLL)Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Intl, FL · 7,609 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 76.8% | 17 min | 2.4% |
| 7 | St Louis (STL)St. Louis Lambert Intl, MO · 5,202 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.5% | 17 min | 1.5% |
| 8 | Oakland (OAK)Oakland San Francisco Bay, CA · 2,618 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.3% | 13 min | 2.1% |
| 9 | Chicago (MDW)Chicago Midway Intl, IL · 5,620 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.4% | 13 min | 5.0% |
| 10 | Baltimore (BWI)Baltimore/Washington Intl Thurgood Marshall, MD · 7,721 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.7% | 13 min | 1.8% |
| 11 | Philadelphia (PHL)Philadelphia Intl, PA · 7,499 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.7% | 18 min | 2.0% |
| 12 | Burbank (BUR)Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope, CA · 2,604 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.7% | 17 min | 2.0% |
| 13 | Santa Ana (SNA)John Wayne Orange County Intl, CA · 3,756 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.9% | 16 min | 1.5% |
| 14 | New Orleans (MSY)Louis Armstrong New Orleans Intl, LA · 4,314 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.2% | 17 min | 1.3% |
| 15 | Tampa (TPA)Tampa Intl, FL · 6,421 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.1% | 15 min | 2.4% |
| 16 | Raleigh/Durham (RDU)Raleigh-Durham Intl, NC · 4,796 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.4% | 16 min | 2.0% |
| 17 | Sacramento (SMF)Sacramento Intl, CA · 4,662 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.5% | 11 min | 1.8% |
| 18 | Kansas City (MCI)Kansas City Intl, MO · 3,956 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.5% | 15 min | 1.8% |
| 19 | Cleveland (CLE)Cleveland Hopkins Intl, OH · 3,237 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.6% | 17 min | 2.4% |
| 20 | Columbus (CMH)John Glenn Columbus Intl, OH · 3,641 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.7% | 15 min | 1.8% |
| 21 | Milwaukee (MKE)General Mitchell Intl, WI · 2,230 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.8% | 16 min | 4.3% |
| 22 | Omaha (OMA)Eppley Airfield, NE · 2,035 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.0% | 16 min | 1.9% |
| 23 | San Jose (SJC)Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl, CA · 3,659 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.5% | 11 min | 1.1% |
| 24 | Ontario (ONT)Ontario Intl, CA · 2,184 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.5% | 12 min | 2.1% |
| 25 | Jacksonville (JAX)Jacksonville Intl, FL · 2,431 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.8% | 16 min | 1.3% |
| 26 | Fort Myers (RSW)Southwest Florida Intl, FL · 2,991 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.2% | 17 min | 1.4% |
| 27 | Indianapolis (IND)Indianapolis Intl, IN · 3,904 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.9% | 13 min | 2.8% |
| 28 | San Antonio (SAT)San Antonio Intl, TX · 3,440 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.3% | 11 min | 1.2% |
| 29 | Cincinnati / Covington (CVG)Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Intl, KY · 2,713 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.6% | 14 min | 2.7% |
| 30 | Dulles (IAD)Washington Dulles Intl, VA · 4,589 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.8% | 13 min | 1.5% |
| 31 | Pittsburgh (PIT)Pittsburgh Intl, PA · 3,510 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.8% | 12 min | 1.8% |
| 32 | Portland (PDX)Portland Intl, OR · 4,976 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.7% | 10 min | 1.5% |
| 33 | Kahului (OGG)Kahului Intl, HI · 2,037 departures · most delay from airline issues | 87.5% | 8 min | 1.3% |
| 34 | Honolulu, Oahu (HNL)Daniel K. Inouye Intl, HI · 4,623 departures · most delay from airline issues | 88.4% | 8 min | 1.6% |
Smaller airports
5,000 to 25,000 departures a year
| # | Airport | On-time departures | Avg delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cedar Rapids (CID)The Eastern Iowa, IA · 636 departures · most delay from airline issues | 73.6% | 26 min | 5.8% |
| 2 | Orlando (SFB)Orlando Sanford Intl, FL · 773 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 74.6% | 19 min | 0.3% |
| 3 | South Bend (SBN)South Bend Intl, IN · 675 departures · most delay from airline issues | 76.3% | 27 min | 6.1% |
| 4 | Key West (EYW)Key West Intl, FL · 736 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 77.2% | 19 min | 3.9% |
| 5 | Knoxville/Maryville (TYS)McGhee Tyson, TN · 1,048 departures · most delay from airline issues | 77.6% | 21 min | 2.5% |
| 6 | Huntsville (HSV)Huntsville Intl, AL · 691 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.5% | 22 min | 3.2% |
| 7 | Rochester (ROC)Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester Intl, NY · 844 departures · most delay from airline issues | 78.7% | 20 min | 3.7% |
| 8 | San Luis Obispo (SBP)San Luis County Rgnl, CA · 488 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 78.7% | 21 min | 3.7% |
| 9 | Buffalo (BUF)Buffalo Niagara Intl, NY · 1,742 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.1% | 18 min | 2.5% |
| 10 | Lexington (LEX)Blue Grass, KY · 695 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.4% | 21 min | 2.9% |
| 11 | Asheville (AVL)Asheville Rgnl, NC · 841 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.5% | 20 min | 1.2% |
| 12 | Pinellas Park (PIE)St. Petersburg Clearwater Intl, FL · 661 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 79.5% | 14 min | 0.3% |
| 13 | Sioux Falls (FSD)Sioux Falls Rgnl, SD · 654 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.5% | 20 min | 5.0% |
| 14 | White Plains (HPN)Westchester County, NY · 877 departures · most delay from airline issues | 79.9% | 20 min | 3.1% |
| 15 | Fort Wayne (FWA)Fort Wayne Intl, IN · 562 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 79.9% | 21 min | 7.1% |
| 16 | Providence/Warwick (PVD)Rhode Island T. F. Green Intl, RI · 1,351 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.2% | 15 min | 1.9% |
| 17 | Memphis (MEM)Memphis Intl, TN · 1,991 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.4% | 15 min | 2.0% |
| 18 | Long Beach (LGB)Long Beach Intl, CA · 1,323 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.5% | 11 min | 0.5% |
| 19 | Syracuse (SYR)Syracuse Hancock Intl, NY · 854 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.7% | 17 min | 3.6% |
| 20 | Santa Rosa (STS)Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County, CA · 484 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 80.7% | 12 min | 3.5% |
| 21 | Chattanooga (CHA)Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field), TN · 446 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.7% | 19 min | 2.5% |
| 22 | Peoria (PIA)General Wayne A. Downing Peoria Intl, IL · 446 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 80.7% | 21 min | 8.3% |
| 23 | Charleston (CHS)Charleston Intl, SC · 2,082 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.8% | 17 min | 2.2% |
| 24 | Pensacola (PNS)Pensacola Intl, FL · 1,021 departures · most delay from airline issues | 80.8% | 20 min | 2.4% |
| 25 | Richmond (RIC)Richmond Intl, VA · 1,649 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.1% | 16 min | 3.5% |
| 26 | Wilmington (ILM)Wilmington Intl, NC · 558 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.1% | 19 min | 2.5% |
| 27 | Savannah (SAV)Savannah Hilton Head Intl, GA · 1,616 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.3% | 20 min | 1.9% |
| 28 | Jackson (JAN)Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers Intl, MS · 452 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.4% | 26 min | 3.5% |
| 29 | Santa Barbara (SBA)Santa Barbara Muni, CA · 717 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.5% | 15 min | 2.6% |
| 30 | El Paso (ELP)El Paso Intl, TX · 1,438 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.6% | 13 min | 1.5% |
| 31 | Fargo (FAR)Hector Intl, ND · 506 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.6% | 19 min | 3.2% |
| 32 | Palm Springs (PSP)Palm Springs Intl, CA · 1,413 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 81.7% | 14 min | 1.6% |
| 33 | Myrtle Beach (MYR)Myrtle Beach Intl, SC · 880 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.7% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| 34 | Portland (PWM)Portland Intl Jetport, ME · 656 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.8% | 13 min | 3.0% |
| 35 | Louisville (SDF)Louisville Muhammad Ali Intl, KY · 1,731 departures · most delay from airline issues | 81.9% | 16 min | 3.8% |
| 36 | Grand Rapids (GRR)Gerald R. Ford Intl, MI · 1,646 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.1% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| 37 | Des Moines (DSM)Des Moines Intl, IA · 1,267 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.1% | 23 min | 5.6% |
| 38 | Appleton (ATW)Appleton Intl, WI · 593 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.1% | 17 min | 5.1% |
| 39 | Shreveport (SHV)Shreveport Rgnl, LA · 516 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.1% | 18 min | 3.9% |
| 40 | Sarasota/Bradenton (SRQ)Sarasota Bradenton Intl, FL · 1,478 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.3% | 14 min | 1.6% |
| 41 | Albany (ALB)Albany Intl, NY · 1,096 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.3% | 15 min | 2.5% |
| 42 | Greensboro (GSO)Piedmont Triad Intl, NC · 961 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.3% | 15 min | 4.9% |
| 43 | Dayton (DAY)James M. Cox Dayton Intl, OH · 757 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.4% | 22 min | 3.8% |
| 44 | Wichita (ICT)Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National, KS · 900 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.6% | 14 min | 3.4% |
| 45 | Oklahoma City (OKC)OKC Will Rogers World, OK · 1,948 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.8% | 14 min | 1.7% |
| 46 | Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg (GSP)Greenville-Spartanburg Intl, SC · 1,144 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.8% | 17 min | 3.9% |
| 47 | Columbia (CAE)Columbia Metropolitan, SC · 483 departures · most delay from airline issues | 82.8% | 22 min | 4.8% |
| 48 | Norfolk (ORF)Norfolk Intl, VA · 1,648 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.0% | 15 min | 3.5% |
| 49 | Colorado Springs (COS)City of Colorado Springs Muni, CO · 1,112 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.0% | 12 min | 4.1% |
| 50 | Springfield (SGF)Springfield Branson National, MO · 674 departures · most delay from weather | 83.1% | 16 min | 3.6% |
| 51 | Amarillo (AMA)Rick Husband Amarillo Intl, TX · 431 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.1% | 15 min | 3.7% |
| 52 | Panama City Beach (ECP)Northwest Florida Beaches Intl, FL · 608 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.3% | 13 min | 1.5% |
| 53 | Harrisburg (MDT)Harrisburg Intl, PA · 473 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.3% | 13 min | 2.3% |
| 54 | Madison (MSN)Dane County Rgnl Truax Field, WI · 1,147 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.4% | 19 min | 4.6% |
| 55 | Birmingham (BHM)Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Intl, AL · 1,416 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.6% | 13 min | 2.0% |
| 56 | Little Rock (LIT)Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field, AR · 1,117 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.6% | 13 min | 3.0% |
| 57 | Mesa (AZA)Mesa Gateway, AZ · 547 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.6% | 13 min | 0.6% |
| 58 | Hartford (BDL)Bradley Intl, CT · 1,830 departures · most delay from airline issues | 83.7% | 13 min | 1.9% |
| 59 | Lubbock (LBB)Lubbock Preston Smith Intl, TX · 544 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.2% | 16 min | 2.2% |
| 60 | Albuquerque (ABQ)Albuquerque Intl Sunport, NM · 2,020 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.3% | 11 min | 1.6% |
| 61 | Redmond (RDM)Roberts Field, OR · 518 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.3% | 16 min | 3.1% |
| 62 | Medford (MFR)Rogue Valley Intl-Medford, OR · 419 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.4% | 13 min | 2.1% |
| 63 | Tulsa (TUL)Tulsa Intl, OK · 1,571 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.6% | 13 min | 2.5% |
| 64 | Reno (RNO)Reno Tahoe Intl, NV · 1,615 departures · most delay from airline issues | 84.6% | 11 min | 1.9% |
| 65 | Tucson (TUS)Tucson Intl, AZ · 1,753 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.4% | 13 min | 2.5% |
| 66 | Boise (BOI)Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field, ID · 1,956 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.5% | 16 min | 1.4% |
| 67 | Punta Gorda (PGD)Punta Gorda, FL · 605 departures · most delay from air traffic control and volume | 85.5% | 7 min | 0.7% |
| 68 | Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers (XNA)Northwest Arkansas National, AR · 1,094 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.8% | 11 min | 1.8% |
| 69 | Valparaiso (VPS)Destin-Fort Walton Beach, FL · 677 departures · most delay from airline issues | 85.8% | 12 min | 2.2% |
| 70 | Midland (MAF)Midland Intl Air and Space Port, TX · 807 departures · most delay from airline issues | 86.3% | 12 min | 3.0% |
| 71 | Spokane (GEG)Spokane Intl, WA · 1,451 departures · most delay from airline issues | 86.4% | 12 min | 1.5% |
| 72 | Bozeman (BZN)Bozeman Yellowstone Intl, MT · 660 departures · most delay from airline issues | 86.8% | 17 min | 2.1% |
| 73 | Fresno (FAT)Fresno Yosemite Intl, CA · 1,101 departures · most delay from airline issues | 87.4% | 11 min | 2.3% |
| 74 | Manchester (MHT)Manchester-Boston Rgnl, NH · 451 departures · most delay from airline issues | 87.4% | 14 min | 1.8% |
| 75 | Eugene (EUG)Eugene, OR · 695 departures · most delay from airline issues | 87.7% | 10 min | 1.9% |
| 76 | Kailua-Kona (KOA)Ellison Onizuka Kona Intl Airport at Keāhole, HI · 1,247 departures · most delay from airline issues | 88.1% | 8 min | 2.1% |
| 77 | Anchorage (ANC)Ted Stevens Anchorage Intl, AK · 1,321 departures · most delay from airline issues | 88.6% | 9 min | 1.4% |
| 78 | Lihue, Kauai (LIH)Lihue, HI · 1,236 departures · most delay from airline issues | 88.6% | 6 min | 2.0% |
| 79 | Pasco (PSC)Tri Cities, WA · 542 departures · most delay from weather | 88.9% | 14 min | 1.7% |
| 80 | Hilo (ITO)Hilo Intl, HI · 537 departures · most delay from airline issues | 89.1% | 7 min | 1.1% |
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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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