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Carrier month · February 2025
Southwest Airlines in February 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 February 2025, Southwest Airlines (WN) reported 100,199 scheduled domestic flights. 82.9% arrived on time, 0.6% were cancelled and 0.1% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 77.9% on time and 1.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 5.0 points above the combined figure.
A year earlier, in February 2024, it reported 105,207 flights with 83.1% on time: a change of −0.2 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 23%.
- On time 82.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.4%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.1%
February 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Feb 2025 | Feb 2024 | WN, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 82.9% | 83.1% | 75.5% | 77.9% |
| Departed on time | 80.8% | 81.4% | 71.2% | 79.2% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 1.5% |
| Average arrival delay | 0.2 min | 0.7 min | 6.8 min | 5.7 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 3,340 | 3,507 | 3,808 | 16,830 |
| Scheduled flights | 100,199 | 105,207 | 1,389,951 | 504,884 |
104 airports and 1,586 routes had WN flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN Denver | 6,500 | 73.5% | 7.4 min | 0.3% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 6,450 | 82.4% | 0.0 min | 1.0% |
| DAL Dallas | 5,197 | 82.5% | 0.7 min | 0.4% |
| PHX Phoenix | 5,129 | 85.7% | -0.4 min | 0.3% |
| BWI Baltimore | 4,963 | 80.0% | 2.5 min | 0.5% |
| MDW Chicago | 4,259 | 82.3% | -1.6 min | 0.7% |
| BNA Nashville | 3,641 | 84.0% | -1.8 min | 0.7% |
| HOU Houston | 3,588 | 84.6% | -0.7 min | 0.4% |
| MCO Orlando | 3,428 | 82.4% | 2.1 min | 0.3% |
| STL St. Louis | 2,848 | 81.8% | -0.4 min | 0.8% |
| AUS Austin | 2,636 | 83.0% | 1.6 min | 0.2% |
| SAN San Diego | 2,409 | 82.7% | 0.6 min | 0.5% |
| OAK Oakland | 2,340 | 86.5% | -4.3 min | 0.6% |
| SMF Sacramento | 2,219 | 86.9% | -1.7 min | 0.2% |
| ATL Atlanta | 2,100 | 82.1% | 2.2 min | 0.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Southwest Airlines flights were on time in February 2025?
82.9% of 100,199 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 77.9% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In February 2024 the carrier reported 105,207 flights with 83.1% on time and 0.4% cancelled, against 82.9% and 0.6% in February 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 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.