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Airport month · May 2025
Albany International in May 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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,019 domestic departures from Albany International (ALB). 80.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.6% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so ALB departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 1,016 departures with 78.7% leaving on time: a change of +1.5 points, with flights up 0%.
Flights arriving at ALB that month were on time 72.5% of the time (1,020 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 23%.
- On time 76.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.5%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.8%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | ALB, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.2% | 78.7% | 78.9% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 76.6% | 79.4% | 77.5% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | 0.7% | 2.1% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.9 min | 14.8 min | 18.2 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 34 | 34 | 35 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,019 | 1,016 | 12,920 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 351 | 34% | 79.5% | 6.5 min | 0.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 116 | 11% | 80.2% | 2.2 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 100 | 10% | 60.0% | 21.8 min | 6.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 97 | 10% | 79.4% | 0.8 min | 1.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 91 | 9% | 89.0% | -4.7 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 62 | 6% | 72.6% | 3.7 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 61 | 6% | 55.7% | 18.6 min | 3.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 56 | 5% | 85.7% | 4.5 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 54 | 5% | 61.1% | 30.7 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 31 | 3% | 100.0% | -18.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALB–BWI | Albany to Baltimore | 129 | 86.0% | 5.9 min | 0.8% |
| ALB–ORD | Albany to Chicago | 126 | 84.9% | 1.5 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–DCA | Albany to Washington | 119 | 48.7% | 28.4 min | 5.9% |
| ALB–MCO | Albany to Orlando | 97 | 63.9% | 16.4 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–CLT | Albany to Charlotte | 93 | 82.8% | 2.2 min | 1.1% |
| ALB–DTW | Albany to Detroit | 92 | 96.7% | -12.3 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–ATL | Albany to Atlanta | 91 | 74.7% | 6.4 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–TPA | Albany to Tampa | 35 | 77.1% | 9.9 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–MDW | Albany to Chicago | 34 | 91.2% | -8.6 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–DEN | Albany to Denver | 31 | 51.6% | 27.0 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–DFW | Albany to Dallas/Fort Worth | 31 | 80.6% | -9.5 min | 3.2% |
| ALB–FLL | Albany to Fort Lauderdale | 31 | 93.5% | -10.5 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ALB on time in May 2025?
80.2% of 1,019 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 78.7% of 1,016 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 80.2% and 1.1% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ALB · methodology · corrections.