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Airport month · December 2023
Buffalo Niagara International in December 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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,582 domestic departures from Buffalo Niagara International (BUF). 82.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.4% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so BUF departures were level with the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at BUF that month were on time 80.2% of the time (1,579 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 84.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.8%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.1%
December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2023 | Year earlier | BUF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.7% | — | 75.6% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 84.4% | — | 75.5% | 83.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | — | 2.6% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.9 min | — | 18.8 min | 11.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 53 | — | 57 | 19,013 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,582 | — | 20,726 | 570,394 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 439 | 28% | 85.4% | -0.9 min | 0.9% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 235 | 15% | 77.4% | 4.1 min | 0.4% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 204 | 13% | 90.7% | -9.4 min | 1.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 155 | 10% | 85.8% | -0.5 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 130 | 8% | 93.1% | -13.2 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 122 | 8% | 79.5% | 9.2 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 76 | 5% | 76.3% | 16.2 min | 2.6% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 60 | 4% | 90.0% | 0.9 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 57 | 4% | 93.0% | -11.7 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 52 | 3% | 71.2% | 7.4 min | 1.9% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 52 | 3% | 76.9% | 0.0 min | 3.8% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF–JFK | Buffalo to New York | 194 | 86.6% | -4.1 min | 1.0% |
| BUF–BWI | Buffalo to Baltimore | 167 | 86.2% | -1.8 min | 0.6% |
| BUF–MCO | Buffalo to Orlando | 151 | 81.5% | 4.5 min | 0.7% |
| BUF–LGA | Buffalo to New York | 137 | 91.2% | -10.3 min | 1.5% |
| BUF–ORD | Buffalo to Chicago | 132 | 81.1% | 7.9 min | 1.5% |
| BUF–DTW | Buffalo to Detroit | 100 | 86.0% | -3.1 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–ATL | Buffalo to Atlanta | 88 | 89.8% | -8.9 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–CLT | Buffalo to Charlotte | 85 | 83.5% | 7.8 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–DCA | Buffalo to Washington | 81 | 88.9% | -1.2 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–MDW | Buffalo to Chicago | 63 | 81.0% | 1.4 min | 4.8% |
| BUF–EWR | Buffalo to Newark | 61 | 91.8% | -12.4 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–BOS | Buffalo to Boston | 53 | 77.4% | 4.1 min | 1.9% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BUF on time in December 2023?
82.7% of 1,582 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
December 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 December 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.