On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2025

Patrick Leahy Burlington International in February 2025

70.9%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 450 domestic departures from Patrick Leahy Burlington International (BTV). 70.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 63.6% reached their destination on time; 6.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so BTV departures were 8.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 474 departures with 88.2% leaving on time: a change of −17.3 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at BTV that month were on time 69.0% of the time (449 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 19%.

Every scheduled departure from BTV in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

MeasureFeb 2025Feb 2024BTV, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time70.9%88.2%76.9%79.2%
Arrived on time63.6%86.1%71.8%77.9%
Cancelled6.2%0.6%2.9%1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)31.6 min11.8 min24.0 min15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day15161716,830
Scheduled departures4504746,084504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OH PSA Airlines16136%47.2%62.9 min16.1%
UA United Airlines8419%69.0%25.5 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline8419%79.8%-2.8 min1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines5412%64.8%25.0 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines296%75.9%5.3 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines286%78.6%3.7 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air102%60.0%4.8 min10.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BTV–DCABurlington to Washington10844.4%52.6 min18.5%
BTV–PHLBurlington to Philadelphia6262.9%17.3 min8.1%
BTV–EWRBurlington to Newark5680.4%5.2 min0.0%
BTV–ORDBurlington to Chicago5667.9%28.0 min0.0%
BTV–DTWBurlington to Detroit5464.8%25.0 min0.0%
BTV–IADBurlington to Washington2972.4%-3.2 min3.4%
BTV–ATLBurlington to Atlanta2878.6%3.7 min0.0%
BTV–CLTBurlington to Charlotte2857.1%117.5 min7.1%
BTV–MCOBurlington to Orlando1675.0%7.5 min0.0%
BTV–TPABurlington to Tampa1376.9%2.5 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2025Minutes
Air carrier48.5%33.9%7,128
Late-arriving aircraft24.4%36.9%3,584
National Aviation System19.3%22.5%2,832
Extreme weather7.8%6.6%1,138
Security0.0%0.1%0
14,682 delay minutes on 136 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 BTV on time in February 2025?

70.9% of 450 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 63.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 88.2% of 474 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 70.9% and 6.2% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.