Why American Eagle Flights Don't Show as American Airlines
American Eagle flights are operated by regional carriers like Envoy Air and PSA Airlines, posting a 79.7% on-time rate versus American mainline's 74.7%. Both are wholly owned by…
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Are Budget Airlines Less Reliable Than Legacy Carriers?
Yes — over the past two years, America's three ultra-low-cost carriers (Spirit, Frontier, and Allegiant) averaged a 74.5% on-time arrival rate, versus 79.5% for the five…
What Month Has the Most Flight Cancellations?
January. Across the two full years in this data, January flights were cancelled 3.9% of the time on average — more than double the 1.6% national average and the highest of any…
Is Flying Getting More or Less Reliable Over Time?
Slightly less reliable, over the most recent year measured. Comparing the two most recent 12-month windows in FlightRecord's data, 77.1% of US flights arrived on time between June…
Departure Delay vs. Arrival Delay: Why They're Not the Same
A flight can leave late and still land on time — or leave on time and still land late. At Baltimore/Washington (BWI), only 73.3% of flights depart on schedule, but 80.2% arrive on…
Why Your Flight Number Matters More Than Your Route
Often, a lot. On United's Cleveland-to-Newark route, the 8 a.m. departure (flight 2468) arrives on time 97.4% of the time, while the 6:51 p.m. departure (flight 1929) is on time…