Patrick Leahy Burlington International in October 2023

89.2%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 712 domestic departures from Patrick Leahy Burlington International (BTV). 89.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.2% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so BTV departures were 5.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BTV that month were on time 88.2% of the time (712 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 87.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from BTV in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	BTV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	89.2%	—	76.9%	83.8%
Arrived on time	87.2%	—	71.8%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.9 min	—	24.0 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	24	—	17	19,966
Scheduled departures	712	—	6,084	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	174	24%	89.1%	3.9 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	125	18%	92.0%	-15.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	93	13%	82.8%	-1.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	87	12%	86.2%	1.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	65	9%	87.7%	32.1 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	62	9%	83.9%	6.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	43	6%	88.4%	7.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	33	5%	78.8%	8.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	30	4%	86.7%	16.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTV–JFK	Burlington to New York	124	87.9%	-4.3 min	0.0%
BTV–DCA	Burlington to Washington	120	88.3%	-0.6 min	0.0%
BTV–ORD	Burlington to Chicago	90	84.4%	4.0 min	0.0%
BTV–EWR	Burlington to Newark	85	82.4%	-0.8 min	0.0%
BTV–LGA	Burlington to New York	66	92.4%	-15.2 min	0.0%
BTV–PHL	Burlington to Philadelphia	61	88.5%	27.8 min	0.0%
BTV–CLT	Burlington to Charlotte	60	88.3%	18.9 min	0.0%
BTV–ATL	Burlington to Atlanta	31	90.3%	15.2 min	0.0%
BTV–IAD	Burlington to Washington	31	83.9%	3.2 min	0.0%
BTV–DTW	Burlington to Detroit	30	86.7%	16.1 min	0.0%
BTV–MSP	Burlington to Minneapolis	12	83.3%	-10.9 min	0.0%
BTV–DFW	Burlington to Dallas/Fort Worth	2	100.0%	3.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	39.0%	41.3%	3,976
Late-arriving aircraft	45.4%	40.5%	4,622
National Aviation System	9.2%	14.4%	936
Extreme weather	6.4%	3.7%	654
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,188 delay minutes on 88 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 BTV on time in October 2023?

89.2% of 712 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for BTV · methodology · corrections.