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Airport month · November 2024
Buffalo Niagara International in November 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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,758 domestic departures from Buffalo Niagara International (BUF). 88.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.4% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so BUF departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 1,782 departures with 87.4% leaving on time: a change of +1.0 points, with flights down 1%.
Flights arriving at BUF that month were on time 85.4% of the time (1,756 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 89.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.5%
- Cancelled 0.1%
- Diverted 0.1%
November 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Nov 2024 | Nov 2023 | BUF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Nov 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 88.4% | 87.4% | 75.6% | 85.2% |
| Arrived on time | 89.4% | 87.7% | 75.5% | 84.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2.6% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 8.4 min | 8.4 min | 18.8 min | 10.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 59 | 59 | 57 | 19,180 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,758 | 1,782 | 20,726 | 575,404 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 424 | 24% | 90.1% | -5.9 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 305 | 17% | 90.5% | -7.6 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 199 | 11% | 92.5% | -12.3 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 182 | 10% | 89.0% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 136 | 8% | 90.4% | -6.5 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 118 | 7% | 88.1% | 3.6 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 101 | 6% | 92.1% | -12.0 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 85 | 5% | 77.6% | 7.8 min | 1.2% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 81 | 5% | 86.4% | -1.3 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 79 | 4% | 88.6% | -2.0 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 48 | 3% | 85.4% | -0.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF–JFK | Buffalo to New York | 221 | 89.1% | -4.7 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–LGA | Buffalo to New York | 175 | 93.7% | -10.6 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–ORD | Buffalo to Chicago | 143 | 80.4% | 4.3 min | 0.7% |
| BUF–BWI | Buffalo to Baltimore | 140 | 91.4% | -5.4 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–MCO | Buffalo to Orlando | 133 | 92.5% | -15.4 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–ATL | Buffalo to Atlanta | 113 | 89.4% | -8.4 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–DTW | Buffalo to Detroit | 105 | 88.6% | -2.4 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–DCA | Buffalo to Washington | 90 | 85.6% | 2.7 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–CLT | Buffalo to Charlotte | 88 | 89.8% | 2.1 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–BOS | Buffalo to Boston | 87 | 87.4% | -3.9 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–FLL | Buffalo to Fort Lauderdale | 64 | 100.0% | -25.3 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–MDW | Buffalo to Chicago | 56 | 94.6% | -8.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BUF on time in November 2024?
88.4% of 1,758 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In November 2023, 87.4% of 1,782 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 88.4% and 0.1% in November 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.