On-Time Report

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Airport month · October 2025

Albany International in October 2025

84.2%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,135 domestic departures from Albany International (ALB). 84.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.4% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so ALB departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 1,091 departures with 85.2% leaving on time: a change of −1.0 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at ALB that month were on time 77.0% of the time (1,137 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 25%.

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

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

MeasureOct 2025Oct 2024ALB, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time84.2%85.2%78.9%80.0%
Arrived on time81.4%89.1%77.5%79.1%
Cancelled0.2%1.4%2.1%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)10.4 min8.6 min18.2 min13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day38363520,195
Scheduled departures1,1351,09112,920605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines35932%84.7%0.4 min0.3%
OH PSA Airlines13312%78.2%6.3 min0.0%
AA American Airlines12111%84.3%2.9 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines11910%82.4%-1.6 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines1039%85.4%-7.4 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air928%73.9%14.1 min0.0%
UA United Airlines817%76.5%5.4 min1.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways595%88.1%-5.7 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air585%65.5%20.5 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline101%80.0%-9.4 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ALB–ORDAlbany to Chicago20973.2%9.5 min0.5%
ALB–BWIAlbany to Baltimore15085.3%1.2 min0.0%
ALB–DCAAlbany to Washington11374.3%10.0 min0.0%
ALB–CLTAlbany to Charlotte11086.4%2.3 min0.0%
ALB–DTWAlbany to Detroit10894.4%-13.4 min0.0%
ALB–ATLAlbany to Atlanta8878.4%1.7 min0.0%
ALB–MCOAlbany to Orlando6988.4%-2.9 min0.0%
ALB–MDWAlbany to Chicago5887.9%1.0 min1.7%
ALB–BNAAlbany to Nashville4077.5%1.8 min0.0%
ALB–DENAlbany to Denver3180.6%-1.0 min0.0%
ALB–DFWAlbany to Dallas/Fort Worth3187.1%-6.5 min0.0%
ALB–FLLAlbany to Fort Lauderdale2986.2%-8.4 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Oct 2025Minutes
Air carrier28.8%34.0%3,342
Late-arriving aircraft45.4%39.7%5,272
National Aviation System24.5%22.9%2,847
Extreme weather1.2%3.3%141
Security0.1%0.1%10
11,612 delay minutes on 208 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 October 2025?

84.2% of 1,135 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 85.2% of 1,091 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 84.2% and 0.2% in October 2025.

Provenance

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