On-Time Report

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Carrier month · January 2026

Republic Airline in January 2026

73.0%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 January 2026, Republic Airline (YX) reported 29,572 scheduled domestic flights. 73.0% arrived on time, 8.2% were cancelled and 0.1% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 75.3% on time and 4.7% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 2.3 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, it reported 27,833 flights with 80.5% on time: a change of −7.5 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 26%.

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by Republic Airline in January 2026.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

MeasureJan 2026Jan 2025YX, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Jan 2026
Arrived on time73.0%80.5%75.3%75.3%
Departed on time76.0%84.2%78.0%75.6%
Cancelled8.2%4.0%4.1%4.7%
Average arrival delay2.5 min-2.3 min5.3 min6.4 min
Scheduled flights a day98692899518,133
Scheduled flights29,57227,833363,168544,003

78 airports and 612 routes had YX flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
LGA New York4,60071.5%1.4 min9.4%
ORD Chicago3,10269.5%6.8 min5.1%
BOS Boston2,64772.9%4.4 min8.9%
DCA Washington2,37970.2%6.3 min9.4%
EWR Newark1,84578.7%-6.6 min9.0%
JFK New York1,23468.8%5.6 min9.9%
IND Indianapolis1,09976.2%0.6 min6.0%
CMH Columbus1,09475.7%0.1 min6.8%
PIT Pittsburgh87278.4%-3.6 min6.9%
BNA Nashville67869.2%5.8 min10.5%
RDU Raleigh/Durham64767.7%6.4 min10.7%
IAD Washington62881.2%-2.5 min6.2%
PHL Philadelphia61976.9%0.7 min7.4%
DTW Detroit44871.0%9.3 min6.3%
SDF Louisville44678.9%-2.9 min5.6%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Jan 2026Minutes
Air carrier31.8%37.3%118,262
Late-arriving aircraft36.9%35.0%137,407
National Aviation System25.6%18.0%95,150
Extreme weather5.7%9.6%21,259
Security0.0%0.1%184
372,262 delay minutes on 5,538 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 January 2026?

73.0% of 29,572 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 75.3% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025 the carrier reported 27,833 flights with 80.5% on time and 4.0% cancelled, against 73.0% and 8.2% in January 2026.

Provenance

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