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Airport month · December 2025
Albany International in December 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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,077 domestic departures from Albany International (ALB). 70.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.7% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so ALB departures were 1.7 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 980 departures with 75.1% leaving on time: a change of −4.8 points, with flights up 10%.
Flights arriving at ALB that month were on time 64.1% of the time (1,075 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 66.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.4%
- Cancelled 2.6%
- Diverted 0.4%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | ALB, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 70.3% | 75.1% | 78.9% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 66.7% | 73.4% | 77.5% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 2.6% | 0.3% | 2.1% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 30.7 min | 26.4 min | 18.2 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 36 | 33 | 35 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,077 | 980 | 12,920 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 372 | 35% | 69.9% | 9.5 min | 1.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 119 | 11% | 67.2% | 29.1 min | 3.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 106 | 10% | 74.5% | 42.0 min | 1.9% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 96 | 9% | 57.3% | 57.3 min | 3.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 94 | 9% | 62.8% | 34.8 min | 4.3% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 81 | 8% | 58.0% | 55.1 min | 6.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 78 | 7% | 61.5% | 17.9 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 74 | 7% | 62.2% | 17.1 min | 1.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 33 | 3% | 87.9% | -6.6 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 24 | 2% | 62.5% | 17.7 min | 8.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALB–ORD | Albany to Chicago | 170 | 67.1% | 23.8 min | 3.5% |
| ALB–BWI | Albany to Baltimore | 152 | 75.0% | 3.2 min | 2.0% |
| ALB–DTW | Albany to Detroit | 99 | 60.6% | 61.1 min | 3.0% |
| ALB–CLT | Albany to Charlotte | 91 | 76.9% | 8.0 min | 1.1% |
| ALB–ATL | Albany to Atlanta | 88 | 64.8% | 24.0 min | 4.5% |
| ALB–DCA | Albany to Washington | 86 | 60.5% | 50.9 min | 5.8% |
| ALB–MCO | Albany to Orlando | 82 | 67.1% | 12.0 min | 1.2% |
| ALB–MDW | Albany to Chicago | 60 | 71.7% | 10.4 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–FLL | Albany to Fort Lauderdale | 48 | 64.6% | 20.7 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–BNA | Albany to Nashville | 43 | 60.5% | 18.5 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–LAS | Albany to Las Vegas | 31 | 58.1% | 24.7 min | 6.5% |
| ALB–TPA | Albany to Tampa | 31 | 58.1% | 7.5 min | 3.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ALB on time in December 2025?
70.3% of 1,077 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 75.1% of 980 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 70.3% and 2.6% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.