On-Time Report

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Carrier month · March 2026

Republic Airline in March 2026

68.5%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 March 2026, Republic Airline (YX) reported 31,734 scheduled domestic flights. 68.5% arrived on time, 5.8% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 73.2% on time and 2.9% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 4.7 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, it reported 28,824 flights with 83.3% on time: a change of −14.8 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, national aviation system 31% and air carrier 26%.

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

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

MeasureMar 2026Mar 2025YX, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Mar 2026
Arrived on time68.5%83.3%75.3%73.2%
Departed on time71.7%86.2%78.0%72.8%
Cancelled5.8%1.2%4.1%2.9%
Average arrival delay11.8 min0.2 min5.3 min10.6 min
Scheduled flights a day1,05896199520,403
Scheduled flights31,73428,824363,168612,102

86 airports and 576 routes had YX flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
LGA New York5,13059.2%14.4 min11.5%
ORD Chicago3,23164.1%17.4 min6.6%
BOS Boston3,10469.7%9.7 min4.4%
DCA Washington2,33566.1%15.1 min4.8%
EWR Newark1,98980.3%0.8 min2.3%
JFK New York1,27972.0%14.3 min2.6%
IND Indianapolis1,16773.6%7.1 min3.3%
CMH Columbus1,08775.7%5.3 min3.9%
PIT Pittsburgh86279.4%1.7 min3.4%
BNA Nashville79564.5%17.9 min3.3%
IAD Washington73571.3%10.9 min3.8%
RDU Raleigh/Durham70667.8%14.1 min4.5%
PHL Philadelphia66380.1%0.1 min1.5%
DTW Detroit51874.1%7.0 min4.1%
RIC Richmond48166.1%17.0 min6.7%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Mar 2026Minutes
Air carrier25.8%33.5%154,257
Late-arriving aircraft39.1%39.3%233,618
National Aviation System30.8%21.0%183,929
Extreme weather4.1%5.9%24,552
Security0.2%0.2%1,357
597,713 delay minutes on 8,056 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 March 2026?

68.5% of 31,734 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 73.2% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025 the carrier reported 28,824 flights with 83.3% on time and 1.2% cancelled, against 68.5% and 5.8% in March 2026.

Provenance

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