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Airport month · August 2023
Buffalo Niagara International in August 2023
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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,878 domestic departures from Buffalo Niagara International (BUF). 73.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.6% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so BUF departures were 3.7 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at BUF that month were on time 70.3% of the time (1,876 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 73.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.8%
- Cancelled 2.1%
- Diverted 0.4%
August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2023 | Year earlier | BUF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 73.0% | — | 75.6% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 73.6% | — | 75.5% | 76.9% |
| Cancelled | 2.1% | — | 2.6% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 22.0 min | — | 18.8 min | 17.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 63 | — | 57 | 20,100 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,878 | — | 20,726 | 602,987 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 378 | 20% | 74.1% | 8.5 min | 1.9% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 257 | 14% | 61.5% | 25.3 min | 3.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 257 | 14% | 87.9% | -1.5 min | 1.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 251 | 13% | 70.1% | 23.6 min | 2.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 188 | 10% | 66.5% | 37.1 min | 0.5% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 154 | 8% | 86.4% | -6.0 min | 1.9% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 114 | 6% | 56.1% | 18.9 min | 7.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 114 | 6% | 80.7% | 12.6 min | 0.9% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 81 | 4% | 82.7% | -4.2 min | 1.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 55 | 3% | 67.3% | 37.2 min | 1.8% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 29 | 2% | 86.2% | 0.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF–JFK | Buffalo to New York | 240 | 78.3% | 1.8 min | 2.1% |
| BUF–LGA | Buffalo to New York | 219 | 87.2% | -0.3 min | 1.4% |
| BUF–ORD | Buffalo to Chicago | 179 | 77.7% | 19.7 min | 0.6% |
| BUF–BWI | Buffalo to Baltimore | 170 | 83.5% | 2.3 min | 1.8% |
| BUF–ATL | Buffalo to Atlanta | 136 | 54.4% | 38.9 min | 4.4% |
| BUF–DTW | Buffalo to Detroit | 120 | 77.5% | 10.8 min | 0.8% |
| BUF–MCO | Buffalo to Orlando | 120 | 61.7% | 18.2 min | 5.0% |
| BUF–CLT | Buffalo to Charlotte | 93 | 63.4% | 47.6 min | 1.1% |
| BUF–DCA | Buffalo to Washington | 89 | 84.3% | -4.8 min | 1.1% |
| BUF–MDW | Buffalo to Chicago | 89 | 73.0% | 11.2 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–EWR | Buffalo to Newark | 87 | 89.7% | -8.2 min | 3.4% |
| BUF–BOS | Buffalo to Boston | 85 | 70.6% | 12.7 min | 2.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BUF on time in August 2023?
73.0% of 1,878 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
August 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 August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for BUF · methodology · corrections.