On-Time Report

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Carrier month · June 2025

Southwest Airlines in June 2025

71.1%arrived on time

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 June 2025, Southwest Airlines (WN) reported 122,348 scheduled domestic flights. 71.1% arrived on time, 0.6% were cancelled and 0.4% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 70.3% on time and 1.6% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 0.8 points above the combined figure.

A year earlier, in June 2024, it reported 123,817 flights with 73.7% on time: a change of −2.6 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 18%.

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by Southwest Airlines in June 2025.

June 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

MeasureJun 2025Jun 2024WN, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Jun 2025
Arrived on time71.1%73.7%75.5%70.3%
Departed on time68.2%70.4%71.2%71.4%
Cancelled0.6%0.3%0.9%1.6%
Average arrival delay12.6 min9.9 min6.8 min15.6 min
Scheduled flights a day4,0784,1273,80820,386
Scheduled flights122,348123,8171,389,951611,575

104 airports and 1,694 routes had WN flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DEN Denver8,33456.1%26.2 min0.7%
LAS Las Vegas7,39872.3%10.0 min0.5%
MDW Chicago6,67069.1%13.3 min0.5%
BWI Baltimore6,42167.3%17.9 min1.2%
DAL Dallas6,03963.4%17.6 min0.8%
PHX Phoenix5,56271.9%11.2 min0.7%
BNA Nashville5,00568.8%13.9 min0.3%
HOU Houston4,55166.7%15.6 min1.2%
MCO Orlando4,03570.0%13.4 min0.5%
STL St. Louis3,67371.8%12.7 min0.3%
AUS Austin3,31867.3%15.9 min0.2%
SAN San Diego3,06071.4%9.2 min0.7%
SMF Sacramento2,91976.8%6.8 min0.5%
OAK Oakland2,60678.7%5.2 min0.6%
SJC San Jose2,45578.0%5.9 min0.6%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of WN flights that arrived on time, by scheduled departure hour (local time at each origin), June 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Jun 2025Minutes
Air carrier25.6%31.6%527,804
Late-arriving aircraft53.2%40.6%1,096,328
National Aviation System17.6%20.9%363,448
Extreme weather3.4%6.9%69,296
Security0.2%0.2%4,725
2,061,601 delay minutes on 34,113 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

What share of Southwest Airlines flights were on time in June 2025?

71.1% of 122,348 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 70.3% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In June 2024 the carrier reported 123,817 flights with 73.7% on time and 0.3% cancelled, against 71.1% and 0.6% in June 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for June 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.