Patrick Leahy Burlington International in January 2024

77.3%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 525 domestic departures from Patrick Leahy Burlington International (BTV). 77.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.7% reached their destination on time; 4.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so BTV departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BTV that month were on time 69.8% of the time (526 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 24% and extreme weather 20%.

On time 73.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.5%
Cancelled 4.6%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from BTV in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	BTV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	77.3%	—	76.9%	74.0%
Arrived on time	73.7%	—	71.8%	72.9%
Cancelled	4.6%	—	2.9%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.6 min	—	24.0 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	—	17	18,242
Scheduled departures	525	—	6,084	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	135	26%	63.7%	34.5 min	9.6%
9E Endeavor Air	128	24%	78.1%	4.9 min	3.9%
YX Republic Airline	95	18%	81.1%	-5.0 min	2.1%
UA United Airlines	83	16%	75.9%	10.6 min	3.6%
AA American Airlines	47	9%	72.3%	18.5 min	2.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	6%	71.0%	13.9 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	6	1%	83.3%	-0.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTV–DCA	Burlington to Washington	107	64.5%	37.9 min	9.3%
BTV–JFK	Burlington to New York	67	80.6%	-4.8 min	4.5%
BTV–LGA	Burlington to New York	67	76.1%	14.0 min	3.0%
BTV–ORD	Burlington to Chicago	62	69.4%	10.7 min	4.8%
BTV–IAD	Burlington to Washington	60	81.7%	0.1 min	1.7%
BTV–PHL	Burlington to Philadelphia	60	71.7%	17.1 min	1.7%
BTV–EWR	Burlington to Newark	40	85.0%	-0.9 min	2.5%
BTV–ATL	Burlington to Atlanta	31	71.0%	13.9 min	0.0%
BTV–CLT	Burlington to Charlotte	31	71.0%	5.6 min	9.7%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	23.9%	32.6%	2,919
Late-arriving aircraft	39.0%	39.0%	4,763
National Aviation System	17.4%	17.9%	2,127
Extreme weather	19.7%	10.3%	2,404
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

12,213 delay minutes on 113 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 January 2024?

77.3% of 525 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.