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Carrier month · October 2025
Southwest Airlines in October 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 October 2025, Southwest Airlines (WN) reported 121,588 scheduled domestic flights. 77.1% arrived on time, 0.3% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 79.1% on time and 0.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 2.0 points below the combined figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, it reported 119,251 flights with 85.4% 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 53%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 77.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.5%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | WN, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 77.1% | 85.4% | 75.5% | 79.1% |
| Departed on time | 73.0% | 82.6% | 71.2% | 80.0% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Average arrival delay | 6.5 min | -1.3 min | 6.8 min | 5.6 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 4,053 | 3,975 | 3,808 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled flights | 121,588 | 119,251 | 1,389,951 | 605,844 |
104 airports and 1,605 routes had WN flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN Denver | 7,711 | 70.8% | 10.3 min | 0.1% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 7,581 | 71.7% | 9.6 min | 0.1% |
| BWI Baltimore | 6,371 | 79.8% | 3.5 min | 0.1% |
| MDW Chicago | 6,018 | 79.4% | 4.7 min | 0.2% |
| PHX Phoenix | 6,015 | 74.3% | 8.9 min | 0.1% |
| DAL Dallas | 5,930 | 74.9% | 9.8 min | 0.8% |
| BNA Nashville | 5,336 | 73.8% | 8.8 min | 0.1% |
| HOU Houston | 4,550 | 77.4% | 7.6 min | 0.2% |
| MCO Orlando | 4,383 | 71.8% | 11.9 min | 0.5% |
| STL St. Louis | 3,567 | 77.6% | 6.5 min | 0.2% |
| AUS Austin | 3,448 | 74.0% | 8.1 min | 0.1% |
| SAN San Diego | 3,304 | 73.9% | 5.3 min | 0.4% |
| SMF Sacramento | 2,750 | 78.1% | 6.5 min | 0.3% |
| OAK Oakland | 2,498 | 78.0% | 6.1 min | 0.2% |
| SJC San Jose | 2,314 | 75.6% | 6.7 min | 0.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Southwest Airlines flights were on time in October 2025?
77.1% of 121,588 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 79.1% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024 the carrier reported 119,251 flights with 85.4% on time and 1.3% cancelled, against 77.1% and 0.3% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.