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Airport month · January 2025
Buffalo Niagara International in January 2025
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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,396 domestic departures from Buffalo Niagara International (BUF). 79.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.6% reached their destination on time; 2.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so BUF departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 1,579 departures with 66.4% leaving on time: a change of +12.6 points, with flights down 12%.
Flights arriving at BUF that month were on time 73.5% of the time (1,393 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 29%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 28%.
- On time 72.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.4%
- Cancelled 2.8%
- Diverted 0.1%
January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | BUF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.0% | 66.4% | 75.6% | 79.3% |
| Arrived on time | 72.6% | 60.0% | 75.5% | 78.6% |
| Cancelled | 2.8% | 14.2% | 2.6% | 3.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.8 min | 22.8 min | 18.8 min | 14.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 47 | 53 | 57 | 17,992 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,396 | 1,579 | 20,726 | 539,747 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 391 | 28% | 78.3% | 1.6 min | 1.8% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 271 | 19% | 70.8% | 9.3 min | 1.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 151 | 11% | 76.2% | 3.1 min | 1.3% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 114 | 8% | 48.2% | 31.2 min | 13.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 113 | 8% | 70.8% | 10.1 min | 3.5% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 107 | 8% | 80.4% | -1.2 min | 1.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 92 | 7% | 77.2% | 16.4 min | 4.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 60 | 4% | 63.3% | 23.1 min | 1.7% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 55 | 4% | 63.6% | 14.2 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 42 | 3% | 85.7% | 1.7 min | 2.4% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF–MCO | Buffalo to Orlando | 173 | 79.8% | 0.2 min | 0.6% |
| BUF–BWI | Buffalo to Baltimore | 124 | 82.3% | -4.7 min | 5.6% |
| BUF–ORD | Buffalo to Chicago | 123 | 68.3% | 12.1 min | 1.6% |
| BUF–DCA | Buffalo to Washington | 114 | 48.2% | 31.2 min | 13.2% |
| BUF–LGA | Buffalo to New York | 109 | 73.4% | 5.1 min | 1.8% |
| BUF–JFK | Buffalo to New York | 95 | 66.3% | 19.8 min | 2.1% |
| BUF–CLT | Buffalo to Charlotte | 93 | 77.4% | 15.3 min | 5.4% |
| BUF–ATL | Buffalo to Atlanta | 91 | 67.0% | 13.9 min | 4.4% |
| BUF–TPA | Buffalo to Tampa | 76 | 73.7% | 4.1 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–DTW | Buffalo to Detroit | 65 | 73.8% | 14.2 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–FLL | Buffalo to Fort Lauderdale | 59 | 64.4% | 7.5 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–BOS | Buffalo to Boston | 52 | 82.7% | 3.7 min | 1.9% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BUF on time in January 2025?
79.0% of 1,396 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2024, 66.4% of 1,579 departures left on time and 14.2% were cancelled, against 79.0% and 2.8% in January 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.