Buffalo Niagara International in October 2024

87.5%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,032 domestic departures from Buffalo Niagara International (BUF). 87.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.1% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so BUF departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 1,962 departures with 85.1% leaving on time: a change of +2.4 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at BUF that month were on time 83.5% of the time (2,030 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 89.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.9%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	BUF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	87.5%	85.1%	75.6%	85.5%
Arrived on time	89.1%	85.1%	75.5%	85.8%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.2%	2.6%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.5 min	10.3 min	18.8 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	68	65	57	20,517
Scheduled departures	2,032	1,962	20,726	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	445	22%	90.1%	-6.9 min	2.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	325	16%	87.1%	-4.0 min	1.2%
AA American Airlines	233	11%	90.6%	-5.6 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	208	10%	92.3%	-10.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	204	10%	91.7%	-5.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	183	9%	94.5%	-9.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	120	6%	82.5%	3.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	103	5%	88.3%	-0.5 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	91	4%	70.3%	4.9 min	6.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	75	4%	88.0%	-5.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	45	2%	97.8%	-8.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BUF–JFK	Buffalo to New York	271	88.6%	-3.0 min	0.4%
BUF–LGA	Buffalo to New York	189	96.3%	-11.9 min	0.0%
BUF–ORD	Buffalo to Chicago	162	86.4%	0.8 min	0.0%
BUF–BWI	Buffalo to Baltimore	146	96.6%	-8.7 min	0.7%
BUF–ATL	Buffalo to Atlanta	136	89.7%	-4.5 min	0.0%
BUF–CLT	Buffalo to Charlotte	123	89.4%	-2.8 min	0.8%
BUF–MCO	Buffalo to Orlando	120	79.2%	-3.6 min	8.3%
BUF–DCA	Buffalo to Washington	119	89.1%	-2.0 min	0.0%
BUF–DTW	Buffalo to Detroit	116	87.9%	-3.0 min	0.0%
BUF–BOS	Buffalo to Boston	89	92.1%	-6.4 min	0.0%
BUF–EWR	Buffalo to Newark	79	88.6%	-5.1 min	0.0%
BUF–DFW	Buffalo to Dallas/Fort Worth	61	88.5%	-10.8 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	40.2%	42.7%	4,665
Late-arriving aircraft	45.3%	37.4%	5,265
National Aviation System	13.4%	16.3%	1,560
Extreme weather	0.6%	3.4%	74
Security	0.4%	0.2%	52

11,616 delay minutes on 201 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 October 2024?

87.5% of 2,032 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 85.1% of 1,962 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 87.5% and 1.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.