Buffalo Niagara International in February 2024

85.3%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,572 domestic departures from Buffalo Niagara International (BUF). 85.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.8% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so BUF departures were 1.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BUF that month were on time 81.8% of the time (1,573 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 85.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.2%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from BUF in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	BUF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	85.3%	—	75.6%	84.0%
Arrived on time	85.8%	—	75.5%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.9%	—	2.6%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.9 min	—	18.8 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	52	—	57	17,307
Scheduled departures	1,572	—	20,726	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	388	25%	85.6%	-6.2 min	0.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways	243	15%	81.9%	-1.7 min	1.6%
YX Republic Airline	216	14%	88.0%	-4.0 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	138	9%	92.0%	-11.2 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	137	9%	82.5%	-2.4 min	2.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	117	7%	89.7%	-8.3 min	0.9%
AA American Airlines	114	7%	83.3%	10.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	92	6%	78.3%	2.3 min	1.1%
UA United Airlines	81	5%	91.4%	8.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	32	2%	90.6%	3.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	14	1%	92.9%	-12.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BUF–JFK	Buffalo to New York	216	84.3%	4.1 min	2.3%
BUF–LGA	Buffalo to New York	154	83.1%	-4.8 min	3.2%
BUF–MCO	Buffalo to Orlando	153	82.4%	-6.7 min	0.0%
BUF–ORD	Buffalo to Chicago	125	91.2%	-5.9 min	0.0%
BUF–BWI	Buffalo to Baltimore	111	90.1%	-9.7 min	0.0%
BUF–CLT	Buffalo to Charlotte	87	86.2%	-4.2 min	0.0%
BUF–DTW	Buffalo to Detroit	87	92.0%	-13.0 min	0.0%
BUF–TPA	Buffalo to Tampa	87	80.5%	3.5 min	1.1%
BUF–DCA	Buffalo to Washington	83	88.0%	-2.0 min	0.0%
BUF–ATL	Buffalo to Atlanta	80	92.5%	-11.4 min	0.0%
BUF–BOS	Buffalo to Boston	56	82.1%	-3.1 min	0.0%
BUF–FLL	Buffalo to Fort Lauderdale	44	86.4%	-2.8 min	0.0%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.9%	35.9%	5,768
Late-arriving aircraft	41.2%	36.9%	6,994
National Aviation System	20.6%	21.7%	3,500
Extreme weather	4.1%	5.3%	691
Security	0.2%	0.3%	42

16,995 delay minutes on 207 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 February 2024?

85.3% of 1,572 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.