Austin - Bergstrom International in February 2026

79.5%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 6,471 domestic departures from Austin - Bergstrom International (AUS). 79.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.9% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so AUS departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 5,840 departures with 81.6% leaving on time: a change of −2.1 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at AUS that month were on time 82.5% of the time (6,473 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 80.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.9%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from AUS in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	AUS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	79.5%	81.6%	74.2%	78.1%
Arrived on time	80.9%	82.4%	75.5%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.4%	1.2%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.2 min	13.0 min	18.4 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	216	195	245	17,168
Scheduled departures	6,471	5,840	89,507	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,739	42%	78.6%	2.7 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	920	14%	83.6%	2.9 min	2.0%
AA American Airlines	842	13%	81.2%	12.9 min	1.9%
UA United Airlines	816	13%	87.5%	-1.9 min	0.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	633	10%	80.1%	5.4 min	0.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	137	2%	83.2%	8.2 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	108	2%	93.5%	-5.5 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	95	1%	57.9%	27.5 min	8.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	66	1%	72.7%	6.7 min	4.5%
MQ Envoy Air	43	1%	86.0%	-3.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	35	1%	65.7%	29.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	21	0%	81.0%	6.3 min	4.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AUS–DEN	Austin to Denver	421	81.2%	3.1 min	0.2%
AUS–DFW	Austin to Dallas/Fort Worth	337	77.4%	22.0 min	0.6%
AUS–ATL	Austin to Atlanta	332	88.3%	-2.2 min	0.6%
AUS–LAX	Austin to Los Angeles	279	82.8%	-5.1 min	1.4%
AUS–PHX	Austin to Phoenix	271	84.1%	-4.2 min	0.0%
AUS–MCO	Austin to Orlando	229	69.4%	17.4 min	0.9%
AUS–BNA	Austin to Nashville	225	82.7%	3.0 min	0.0%
AUS–SAN	Austin to San Diego	215	81.4%	-3.1 min	0.0%
AUS–ORD	Austin to Chicago	214	79.0%	6.4 min	0.0%
AUS–IAH	Austin to Houston	213	93.4%	-5.7 min	0.0%
AUS–LAS	Austin to Las Vegas	210	81.4%	0.9 min	0.0%
AUS–DAL	Austin to Dallas	188	77.1%	2.4 min	1.6%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	46.1%	38.2%	36,204
Late-arriving aircraft	32.7%	37.2%	25,687
National Aviation System	18.9%	18.5%	14,882
Extreme weather	2.1%	6.0%	1,660
Security	0.2%	0.2%	121

78,554 delay minutes on 1,156 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left AUS on time in February 2026?

79.5% of 6,471 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 81.6% of 5,840 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 79.5% and 1.0% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for AUS · methodology · corrections.