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Carrier month · November 2025
Southwest Airlines in November 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 November 2025, Southwest Airlines (WN) reported 113,938 scheduled domestic flights. 78.4% arrived on time, 1.7% were cancelled and 0.1% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 77.3% on time and 2.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 1.1 points above the combined figure.
A year earlier, in November 2024, it reported 112,591 flights with 86.9% on time: a change of −8.5 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 78.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
- Cancelled 1.7%
- Diverted 0.1%
November 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Nov 2025 | Nov 2024 | WN, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 78.4% | 86.9% | 75.5% | 77.3% |
| Departed on time | 74.9% | 84.2% | 71.2% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 1.7% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 2.5% |
| Average arrival delay | 4.5 min | -2.5 min | 6.8 min | 6.4 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 3,798 | 3,753 | 3,808 | 19,018 |
| Scheduled flights | 113,938 | 112,591 | 1,389,951 | 570,550 |
104 airports and 1,658 routes had WN flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAS Las Vegas | 7,124 | 74.6% | 6.4 min | 1.7% |
| DEN Denver | 7,040 | 78.5% | 3.9 min | 1.6% |
| BWI Baltimore | 5,889 | 81.6% | 0.1 min | 1.7% |
| PHX Phoenix | 5,773 | 72.2% | 9.7 min | 2.2% |
| DAL Dallas | 5,644 | 74.1% | 8.5 min | 2.7% |
| MDW Chicago | 5,152 | 76.3% | 3.5 min | 5.0% |
| BNA Nashville | 4,958 | 80.5% | 3.0 min | 0.4% |
| MCO Orlando | 4,329 | 78.6% | 6.7 min | 1.7% |
| HOU Houston | 4,236 | 78.4% | 4.3 min | 1.9% |
| STL St. Louis | 3,279 | 79.5% | 4.7 min | 0.7% |
| AUS Austin | 3,153 | 73.8% | 8.7 min | 0.5% |
| SAN San Diego | 3,153 | 71.7% | 8.0 min | 3.0% |
| SMF Sacramento | 2,679 | 78.9% | 6.1 min | 1.0% |
| OAK Oakland | 2,374 | 79.2% | 5.3 min | 1.8% |
| SJC San Jose | 2,199 | 79.1% | 6.2 min | 0.9% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Southwest Airlines flights were on time in November 2025?
78.4% of 113,938 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 77.3% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In November 2024 the carrier reported 112,591 flights with 86.9% on time and 0.3% cancelled, against 78.4% and 1.7% in November 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.