Plain-English guides to flight delays and on-time performance, backed by 14 million US DOT flight records — the best times to fly, why flights run late, and how to check any flight, route, or airport.
On Los Angeles to Orlando, United arrives on time 88.3% of flights and Frontier just 51.7% — a 36.6-point gap on the identical route. Comparing every U.S. route with at least…
Austin-Bergstrom has the most airline choice of any major U.S. airport — 15 airlines competing on its routes. At the other extreme, six airports, from Aspen to three small Florida…
Springfield-Branson National Airport (SGF) posted the biggest on-time gain of any major US airport over the past two years, improving from 77.0% to 79.9% on-time arrivals (+2.9…
Based on 14.1 million US DOT flight records, regional carriers as a group actually post a slightly higher weighted on-time rate than mainline carriers — 79.05% versus 78.28% — but…
Yes — direction matters more than most travelers assume. FlightRecord's data shows CLT → SFO lands on time just 68.5% of the time, while the reverse SFO → CLT flight is on time…
US flight cancellations are trending up. Comparing the most recent 12 months of FlightRecord's data to the first 12, the national cancellation rate climbed from 1.4% to 1.8% of…