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Airport month · December 2024
Buffalo Niagara International in December 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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,735 domestic departures from Buffalo Niagara International (BUF). 75.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.4% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so BUF departures were 2.1 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 1,582 departures with 82.7% leaving on time: a change of −7.0 points, with flights up 10%.
Flights arriving at BUF that month were on time 73.3% of the time (1,735 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 72.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.7%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.3%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | BUF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.7% | 82.7% | 75.6% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 72.4% | 84.4% | 75.5% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 0.8% | 2.6% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.7 min | 12.9 min | 18.8 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 58 | 53 | 57 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,735 | 1,582 | 20,726 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 428 | 25% | 81.8% | 2.7 min | 0.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 329 | 19% | 66.3% | 15.8 min | 1.5% |
| YX Republic Airline | 164 | 9% | 78.0% | 7.4 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 148 | 9% | 68.2% | 18.0 min | 0.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 137 | 8% | 74.5% | 18.8 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 118 | 7% | 71.2% | 25.3 min | 0.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 107 | 6% | 72.0% | 4.2 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 96 | 6% | 64.6% | 24.1 min | 2.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 79 | 5% | 64.6% | 18.8 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 69 | 4% | 65.2% | 18.0 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 60 | 3% | 65.0% | 17.9 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF–JFK | Buffalo to New York | 218 | 65.1% | 21.4 min | 0.5% |
| BUF–MCO | Buffalo to Orlando | 162 | 75.3% | 7.1 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–LGA | Buffalo to New York | 161 | 75.2% | 9.2 min | 0.6% |
| BUF–ORD | Buffalo to Chicago | 158 | 67.7% | 13.8 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–BWI | Buffalo to Baltimore | 142 | 83.8% | 2.2 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–DTW | Buffalo to Detroit | 107 | 70.1% | 20.9 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–ATL | Buffalo to Atlanta | 101 | 76.2% | 12.8 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–DCA | Buffalo to Washington | 101 | 64.4% | 26.2 min | 2.0% |
| BUF–CLT | Buffalo to Charlotte | 89 | 67.4% | 30.5 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–BOS | Buffalo to Boston | 79 | 75.9% | 5.6 min | 5.1% |
| BUF–FLL | Buffalo to Fort Lauderdale | 67 | 58.2% | 22.1 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–TPA | Buffalo to Tampa | 64 | 71.9% | 5.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BUF on time in December 2024?
75.7% of 1,735 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 82.7% of 1,582 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 75.7% and 0.6% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.