RouteOnTime: US flight on-time performance, delays & fees
On-time performance, delays and fees for US flights — sourced from the public record.
RouteOnTime tracks on-time performance, average delays and cancellation rates for busy US domestic routes and major hub airports, plus a side-by-side airline baggage-fee comparison. Across the 10 routes shown here, on-time arrival rates currently range from about 73% (SEA–SFO) to 80% (ATL–LAX). Airport on-time and cancellation figures are real, drawn from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics for full-year 2024 (the latest complete year); per-route figures are estimates derived from the endpoint airports' BTS on-time data — verify against the live BTS source. See our methodology.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics — Airline On-Time Performance. Data as of full-year 2024 (latest complete BTS year).
Route on-time performance
On-time arrival rate (% of flights arriving within 15 minutes of schedule) for busy US routes.
Los Angeles to New York (JFK)
On-time: 76%
ORD → LGAChicago (O'Hare) to New York (LaGuardia)
On-time: 76%
ATL → MCOAtlanta to Orlando
On-time: 78%
SFO → ORDSan Francisco to Chicago (O'Hare)
On-time: 73%
DFW → LAXDallas–Fort Worth to Los Angeles
On-time: 76%
DEN → LAXDenver to Los Angeles
On-time: 78%
JFK → MIANew York (JFK) to Miami
On-time: 75%
SEA → SFOSeattle to San Francisco
On-time: 73%
ATL → LAXAtlanta to Los Angeles
On-time: 80%
ORD → DFWChicago (O'Hare) to Dallas–Fort Worth
On-time: 75%
Hub airport delays
On-time departure rate and average delay at major US hub airports.
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International
On-time dep: 79%
ORDChicago O'Hare International
On-time dep: 77%
DFWDallas–Fort Worth International
On-time dep: 71%
DENDenver International
On-time dep: 76%
LAXLos Angeles International
On-time dep: 81%
Airline baggage fees
Compare first- and second-checked-bag and carry-on fees across major US airlines in our baggage-fee comparison.
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What this site is
RouteOnTime publishes fast, free, static reference pages in the US flight on-time performance and airport delays space. Every page loads instantly, shows its sources and is dated. See our methodology for how the data is produced and its current limitations.
Last updated: 2026-06-13