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Airport month · August 2024
Buffalo Niagara International in August 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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,067 domestic departures from Buffalo Niagara International (BUF). 72.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.9% reached their destination on time; 3.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so BUF departures were 2.5 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 1,878 departures with 73.0% leaving on time: a change of −0.1 points, with flights up 10%.
Flights arriving at BUF that month were on time 66.0% of the time (2,065 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 24%.
- On time 72.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.8%
- Cancelled 3.8%
- Diverted 0.6%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | BUF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 72.9% | 73.0% | 75.6% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 72.9% | 73.6% | 75.5% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 3.8% | 2.1% | 2.6% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.6 min | 22.0 min | 18.8 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 69 | 63 | 57 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,067 | 1,878 | 20,726 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 474 | 23% | 80.0% | 8.3 min | 0.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 301 | 15% | 67.8% | 18.3 min | 2.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 280 | 14% | 67.5% | 15.2 min | 4.6% |
| YX Republic Airline | 252 | 12% | 72.6% | 2.3 min | 11.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 205 | 10% | 79.0% | 8.1 min | 1.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 139 | 7% | 66.9% | 22.9 min | 5.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 137 | 7% | 66.4% | 22.0 min | 8.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 120 | 6% | 70.0% | 7.4 min | 1.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 75 | 4% | 73.3% | 8.0 min | 2.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 53 | 3% | 75.5% | 11.8 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 31 | 1% | 83.9% | 0.3 min | 3.2% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF–JFK | Buffalo to New York | 248 | 64.1% | 19.6 min | 9.7% |
| BUF–LGA | Buffalo to New York | 167 | 67.7% | 9.7 min | 10.8% |
| BUF–ORD | Buffalo to Chicago | 164 | 64.0% | 15.7 min | 1.2% |
| BUF–BWI | Buffalo to Baltimore | 147 | 81.6% | 12.9 min | 0.7% |
| BUF–ATL | Buffalo to Atlanta | 139 | 79.9% | 3.5 min | 0.7% |
| BUF–MCO | Buffalo to Orlando | 131 | 80.2% | 1.6 min | 0.8% |
| BUF–CLT | Buffalo to Charlotte | 129 | 59.7% | 33.7 min | 3.1% |
| BUF–DTW | Buffalo to Detroit | 116 | 75.9% | 12.4 min | 2.6% |
| BUF–DCA | Buffalo to Washington | 114 | 72.8% | 17.7 min | 3.5% |
| BUF–PHL | Buffalo to Philadelphia | 96 | 70.8% | 14.4 min | 6.3% |
| BUF–BOS | Buffalo to Boston | 93 | 78.5% | 7.5 min | 2.2% |
| BUF–EWR | Buffalo to Newark | 90 | 83.3% | -9.1 min | 11.1% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BUF on time in August 2024?
72.9% of 2,067 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 73.0% of 1,878 departures left on time and 2.1% were cancelled, against 72.9% and 3.8% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.