Buffalo Niagara International in January 2024

66.4%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 1,579 domestic departures from Buffalo Niagara International (BUF). 66.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 60.0% reached their destination on time; 14.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so BUF departures were 7.6 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BUF that month were on time 61.8% of the time (1,581 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 60.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.6%
Cancelled 14.2%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from BUF 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	BUF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	66.4%	—	75.6%	74.0%
Arrived on time	60.0%	—	75.5%	72.9%
Cancelled	14.2%	—	2.6%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.8 min	—	18.8 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	53	—	57	18,242
Scheduled departures	1,579	—	20,726	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	413	26%	63.2%	6.0 min	14.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways	237	15%	58.2%	15.5 min	13.1%
YX Republic Airline	199	13%	61.8%	6.2 min	18.6%
9E Endeavor Air	142	9%	64.1%	11.8 min	16.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	142	9%	61.3%	19.5 min	4.9%
AA American Airlines	127	8%	61.4%	16.4 min	11.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	101	6%	46.5%	50.5 min	21.8%
UA United Airlines	78	5%	64.1%	15.5 min	15.4%
OH PSA Airlines	67	4%	52.2%	54.9 min	14.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	58	4%	50.0%	43.8 min	13.8%
MQ Envoy Air	15	1%	60.0%	23.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BUF–JFK	Buffalo to New York	201	56.7%	22.4 min	16.4%
BUF–LGA	Buffalo to New York	144	63.9%	7.5 min	16.7%
BUF–MCO	Buffalo to Orlando	144	57.6%	14.6 min	12.5%
BUF–BWI	Buffalo to Baltimore	134	69.4%	5.1 min	11.9%
BUF–ORD	Buffalo to Chicago	121	52.1%	35.9 min	15.7%
BUF–CLT	Buffalo to Charlotte	92	59.8%	24.9 min	12.0%
BUF–DTW	Buffalo to Detroit	92	60.9%	22.2 min	9.8%
BUF–DCA	Buffalo to Washington	86	58.1%	40.0 min	17.4%
BUF–ATL	Buffalo to Atlanta	83	57.8%	24.4 min	3.6%
BUF–TPA	Buffalo to Tampa	66	53.0%	15.8 min	13.6%
BUF–BOS	Buffalo to Boston	54	59.3%	20.9 min	14.8%
BUF–MDW	Buffalo to Chicago	48	68.8%	-5.6 min	22.9%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	22.8%	32.6%	7,834
Late-arriving aircraft	44.6%	39.0%	15,319
National Aviation System	22.5%	17.9%	7,742
Extreme weather	10.1%	10.3%	3,489
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

34,384 delay minutes on 404 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 BUF on time in January 2024?

66.4% of 1,579 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 60.0% 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 BUF · methodology · corrections.