Patrick Leahy Burlington International in February 2026

75.3%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 433 domestic departures from Patrick Leahy Burlington International (BTV). 75.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.4% reached their destination on time; 3.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so BTV departures were 2.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 450 departures with 70.9% leaving on time: a change of +4.4 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at BTV that month were on time 65.4% of the time (434 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 70.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.4%
Cancelled 3.9%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from BTV 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	BTV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	75.3%	70.9%	76.9%	78.1%
Arrived on time	70.4%	63.6%	71.8%	78.3%
Cancelled	3.9%	6.2%	2.9%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.6 min	31.6 min	24.0 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	15	17	17,168
Scheduled departures	433	450	6,084	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	146	34%	60.3%	22.9 min	5.5%
UA United Airlines	90	21%	74.4%	1.4 min	3.3%
YX Republic Airline	83	19%	80.7%	3.1 min	4.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	64	15%	70.3%	28.8 min	1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	28	6%	85.7%	-9.7 min	3.6%
AA American Airlines	22	5%	63.6%	21.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTV–PHL	Burlington to Philadelphia	84	72.6%	11.7 min	4.8%
BTV–DCA	Burlington to Washington	83	51.8%	34.9 min	3.6%
BTV–ORD	Burlington to Chicago	59	74.6%	4.6 min	0.0%
BTV–DTW	Burlington to Detroit	56	69.6%	34.1 min	1.8%
BTV–EWR	Burlington to Newark	55	83.6%	-14.3 min	7.3%
BTV–IAD	Burlington to Washington	32	81.3%	-4.7 min	3.1%
BTV–ATL	Burlington to Atlanta	28	85.7%	-9.7 min	3.6%
BTV–CLT	Burlington to Charlotte	28	57.1%	30.5 min	7.1%
BTV–LGA	Burlington to New York	8	75.0%	4.3 min	12.5%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	46.7%	38.2%	4,692
Late-arriving aircraft	30.1%	37.2%	3,024
National Aviation System	19.9%	18.5%	1,998
Extreme weather	3.2%	6.0%	326
Security	0.2%	0.2%	17

10,057 delay minutes on 110 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 February 2026?

75.3% of 433 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.4% 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, 70.9% of 450 departures left on time and 6.2% were cancelled, against 75.3% and 3.9% 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 BTV · methodology · corrections.