On-Time Report

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Airport month · September 2025

Albany International in September 2025

87.6%departed 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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 989 domestic departures from Albany International (ALB). 87.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.1% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so ALB departures were 4.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 1,051 departures with 87.4% leaving on time: a change of +0.2 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at ALB that month were on time 83.5% of the time (988 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 22%.

Every scheduled departure from ALB in September 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureSep 2025Sep 2024ALB, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time87.6%87.4%78.9%83.1%
Arrived on time86.1%86.4%77.5%82.8%
Cancelled0.4%0.4%2.1%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)10.0 min10.6 min18.2 min12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day33353518,748
Scheduled departures9891,05112,920562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines34235%91.2%-3.9 min0.3%
OH PSA Airlines11311%70.8%7.9 min0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines11211%92.0%3.3 min0.9%
AA American Airlines9910%85.9%0.3 min1.0%
UA United Airlines909%73.3%6.2 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air859%85.9%-0.2 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines657%87.7%-8.3 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways485%91.7%-3.9 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air354%91.4%-11.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ALB–ORDAlbany to Chicago19377.2%3.9 min0.0%
ALB–BWIAlbany to Baltimore14694.5%-4.0 min0.0%
ALB–CLTAlbany to Charlotte9884.7%0.8 min0.0%
ALB–DCAAlbany to Washington8466.7%15.0 min1.2%
ALB–ATLAlbany to Atlanta8292.7%4.1 min1.2%
ALB–DTWAlbany to Detroit7796.1%-9.3 min0.0%
ALB–MDWAlbany to Chicago7793.5%-8.5 min0.0%
ALB–MCOAlbany to Orlando6388.9%-0.5 min0.0%
ALB–BNAAlbany to Nashville3989.7%-6.3 min0.0%
ALB–DENAlbany to Denver3086.7%-5.4 min0.0%
ALB–DFWAlbany to Dallas/Fort Worth3086.7%-14.2 min3.3%
ALB–FLLAlbany to Fort Lauderdale2395.7%-6.2 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2025Minutes
Air carrier38.7%34.3%3,538
Late-arriving aircraft37.9%37.4%3,469
National Aviation System22.0%22.6%2,013
Extreme weather1.4%5.6%129
Security0.0%0.1%0
9,149 delay minutes on 131 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

How many flights left ALB on time in September 2025?

87.6% of 989 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 87.4% of 1,051 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 87.6% and 0.4% in September 2025.

Provenance

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