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Carrier month · January 2025
Southwest Airlines in January 2025
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In January 2025, Southwest Airlines (WN) reported 105,307 scheduled domestic flights. 82.2% arrived on time, 2.9% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 78.6% on time and 3.0% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 3.6 points above the combined figure.
A year earlier, in January 2024, it reported 115,389 flights with 73.9% on time: a change of +8.3 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 82.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.7%
- Cancelled 2.9%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | WN, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 82.2% | 73.9% | 75.5% | 78.6% |
| Departed on time | 80.2% | 72.3% | 71.2% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 2.9% | 3.1% | 0.9% | 3.0% |
| Average arrival delay | -1.2 min | 6.4 min | 6.8 min | 3.8 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 3,510 | 3,846 | 3,808 | 17,992 |
| Scheduled flights | 105,307 | 115,389 | 1,389,951 | 539,747 |
104 airports and 1,606 routes had WN flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN Denver | 6,874 | 75.2% | 3.1 min | 1.2% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 6,761 | 83.1% | -1.7 min | 1.1% |
| DAL Dallas | 5,594 | 81.1% | -0.7 min | 5.2% |
| PHX Phoenix | 5,391 | 85.0% | -1.8 min | 1.4% |
| BWI Baltimore | 5,341 | 77.0% | 4.6 min | 4.3% |
| MDW Chicago | 4,691 | 81.8% | -3.3 min | 1.9% |
| BNA Nashville | 3,882 | 81.0% | -1.0 min | 4.3% |
| HOU Houston | 3,803 | 81.6% | -2.6 min | 6.1% |
| MCO Orlando | 3,493 | 81.0% | -0.1 min | 1.9% |
| STL St. Louis | 3,015 | 78.9% | -2.1 min | 7.1% |
| AUS Austin | 2,733 | 83.3% | -2.1 min | 2.3% |
| SAN San Diego | 2,521 | 83.7% | -0.2 min | 1.9% |
| OAK Oakland | 2,446 | 87.9% | -5.4 min | 0.9% |
| ATL Atlanta | 2,293 | 78.0% | 2.5 min | 5.2% |
| SMF Sacramento | 2,283 | 86.6% | -2.2 min | 0.9% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Southwest Airlines flights were on time in January 2025?
82.2% of 105,307 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.6% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2024 the carrier reported 115,389 flights with 73.9% on time and 3.1% cancelled, against 82.2% and 2.9% in January 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for Southwest Airlines · methodology · corrections.