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Airport month · March 2025
Buffalo Niagara International in March 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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,688 domestic departures from Buffalo Niagara International (BUF). 81.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so BUF departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 1,838 departures with 82.4% leaving on time: a change of −1.3 points, with flights down 8%.
Flights arriving at BUF that month were on time 74.8% of the time (1,690 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 25%.
- On time 81.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.3%
- Cancelled 1.2%
- Diverted 0.4%
March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | BUF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.1% | 82.4% | 75.6% | 79.9% |
| Arrived on time | 81.1% | 81.0% | 75.5% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.2% | 0.7% | 2.6% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.0 min | 13.6 min | 18.8 min | 14.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 56 | 61 | 57 | 20,029 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,688 | 1,838 | 20,726 | 600,872 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 519 | 31% | 81.7% | 4.6 min | 1.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 294 | 17% | 86.1% | -5.9 min | 0.3% |
| YX Republic Airline | 158 | 9% | 88.0% | -5.9 min | 1.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 124 | 7% | 75.0% | 7.7 min | 2.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 122 | 7% | 86.1% | -5.8 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 122 | 7% | 68.0% | 3.4 min | 3.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 108 | 6% | 83.3% | 0.6 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 93 | 6% | 86.0% | -2.6 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 82 | 5% | 72.0% | 8.8 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 66 | 4% | 65.2% | 28.2 min | 7.6% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF–MCO | Buffalo to Orlando | 212 | 84.0% | -0.7 min | 0.5% |
| BUF–ORD | Buffalo to Chicago | 148 | 79.7% | 3.9 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–BWI | Buffalo to Baltimore | 137 | 85.4% | 9.7 min | 2.2% |
| BUF–LGA | Buffalo to New York | 129 | 87.6% | -3.7 min | 0.8% |
| BUF–ATL | Buffalo to Atlanta | 105 | 81.9% | 0.6 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–DTW | Buffalo to Detroit | 104 | 76.9% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–TPA | Buffalo to Tampa | 103 | 70.9% | 3.5 min | 1.9% |
| BUF–JFK | Buffalo to New York | 97 | 80.4% | 0.3 min | 1.0% |
| BUF–CLT | Buffalo to Charlotte | 93 | 73.1% | 8.9 min | 2.2% |
| BUF–DCA | Buffalo to Washington | 88 | 73.9% | 18.4 min | 5.7% |
| BUF–FLL | Buffalo to Fort Lauderdale | 75 | 86.7% | -6.6 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–BOS | Buffalo to Boston | 64 | 89.1% | -9.5 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BUF on time in March 2025?
81.1% of 1,688 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2024, 82.4% of 1,838 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 81.1% and 1.2% in March 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.