On-Time Report

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Carrier month · May 2025

Republic Airline in May 2025

73.8%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 May 2025, Republic Airline (YX) reported 28,067 scheduled domestic flights. 73.8% arrived on time, 2.6% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 75.4% on time and 1.0% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 1.6 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, it reported 25,551 flights with 83.2% on time: a change of −9.4 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 42%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and air carrier 19%.

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by Republic Airline in May 2025.

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

MeasureMay 2025May 2024YX, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, May 2025
Arrived on time73.8%83.2%75.3%75.4%
Departed on time78.6%85.9%78.0%76.7%
Cancelled2.6%1.1%4.1%1.0%
Average arrival delay10.5 min0.8 min5.3 min10.2 min
Scheduled flights a day93685299520,188
Scheduled flights28,06725,551363,168605,648

77 airports and 559 routes had YX flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
LGA New York4,60070.7%13.2 min2.7%
BOS Boston2,77370.3%13.2 min1.3%
DCA Washington2,23670.7%11.7 min2.4%
ORD Chicago2,10883.6%0.0 min0.6%
JFK New York1,27171.4%11.7 min1.3%
EWR Newark1,25061.9%10.5 min14.5%
IND Indianapolis1,24578.8%8.3 min1.6%
CMH Columbus1,04676.6%11.5 min2.4%
IAD Washington95878.2%10.5 min1.3%
PIT Pittsburgh83879.8%7.7 min1.8%
PHL Philadelphia63473.0%11.1 min1.9%
RDU Raleigh/Durham62672.8%16.0 min2.2%
BNA Nashville58772.4%11.7 min2.7%
CLE Cleveland57576.9%9.6 min1.7%
SDF Louisville50680.6%9.4 min1.2%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, May 2025Minutes
Air carrier18.9%29.3%91,764
Late-arriving aircraft33.9%37.8%164,554
National Aviation System41.9%25.9%203,295
Extreme weather5.2%6.9%25,121
Security0.1%0.1%586
485,320 delay minutes on 6,561 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 Republic Airline flights were on time in May 2025?

73.8% of 28,067 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 75.4% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024 the carrier reported 25,551 flights with 83.2% on time and 1.1% cancelled, against 73.8% and 2.6% in May 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for Republic Airline · methodology · corrections.