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Airport month · April 2024
Buffalo Niagara International in April 2024
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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,786 domestic departures from Buffalo Niagara International (BUF). 84.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.4% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so BUF departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at BUF that month were on time 80.2% of the time (1,786 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, national aviation system 27% and air carrier 26%.
- On time 84.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.6%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.3%
April 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2024 | Year earlier | BUF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.7% | — | 75.6% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 84.4% | — | 75.5% | 80.2% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | — | 2.6% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.8 min | — | 18.8 min | 14.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 60 | — | 57 | 19,406 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,786 | — | 20,726 | 582,185 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 486 | 27% | 80.0% | 2.8 min | 0.4% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 266 | 15% | 82.3% | -1.3 min | 1.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 253 | 14% | 85.8% | 4.2 min | 0.8% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 192 | 11% | 92.7% | -10.1 min | 1.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 166 | 9% | 90.4% | -5.6 min | 0.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 120 | 7% | 85.0% | -2.5 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 95 | 5% | 78.9% | 5.1 min | 1.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 80 | 4% | 93.8% | -7.3 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 68 | 4% | 75.0% | 29.1 min | 1.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 60 | 3% | 86.7% | 13.3 min | 1.7% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF–JFK | Buffalo to New York | 236 | 81.4% | -0.7 min | 1.7% |
| BUF–LGA | Buffalo to New York | 165 | 91.5% | -9.3 min | 2.4% |
| BUF–MCO | Buffalo to Orlando | 156 | 80.8% | 6.2 min | 1.3% |
| BUF–ORD | Buffalo to Chicago | 148 | 83.8% | 11.9 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–BWI | Buffalo to Baltimore | 142 | 85.9% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–DTW | Buffalo to Detroit | 116 | 94.8% | -5.0 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–ATL | Buffalo to Atlanta | 102 | 87.3% | -3.1 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–TPA | Buffalo to Tampa | 97 | 83.5% | 1.8 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–CLT | Buffalo to Charlotte | 90 | 85.6% | -1.2 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–DCA | Buffalo to Washington | 86 | 89.5% | -3.9 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–MDW | Buffalo to Chicago | 72 | 81.9% | 0.4 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–EWR | Buffalo to Newark | 61 | 80.3% | 31.2 min | 1.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BUF on time in April 2024?
84.7% of 1,786 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
April 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 April 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.