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Airport month · October 2025
Buffalo Niagara International in October 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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,870 domestic departures from Buffalo Niagara International (BUF). 80.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.7% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so BUF departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 2,032 departures with 87.5% leaving on time: a change of −6.9 points, with flights down 8%.
Flights arriving at BUF that month were on time 76.3% of the time (1,872 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 81.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.7%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | BUF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.6% | 87.5% | 75.6% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 81.7% | 89.1% | 75.5% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 1.0% | 2.6% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.5 min | 7.5 min | 18.8 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 62 | 68 | 57 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,870 | 2,032 | 20,726 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 480 | 26% | 83.3% | 2.2 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 307 | 16% | 80.5% | 4.4 min | 1.6% |
| YX Republic Airline | 259 | 14% | 74.5% | 9.3 min | 1.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 217 | 12% | 82.0% | 14.4 min | 0.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 149 | 8% | 90.6% | -8.0 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 133 | 7% | 82.7% | -0.8 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 112 | 6% | 89.3% | 1.3 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 89 | 5% | 75.3% | 23.1 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 68 | 4% | 85.3% | -2.1 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 56 | 3% | 69.6% | 6.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF–ORD | Buffalo to Chicago | 181 | 76.8% | 3.0 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–LGA | Buffalo to New York | 180 | 74.4% | 9.1 min | 2.8% |
| BUF–BWI | Buffalo to Baltimore | 149 | 83.2% | 1.5 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–ATL | Buffalo to Atlanta | 142 | 88.0% | -7.0 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–JFK | Buffalo to New York | 136 | 84.6% | 1.5 min | 2.2% |
| BUF–MCO | Buffalo to Orlando | 135 | 88.1% | 2.7 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–DTW | Buffalo to Detroit | 128 | 91.4% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–CLT | Buffalo to Charlotte | 121 | 81.0% | 24.1 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–BOS | Buffalo to Boston | 105 | 66.7% | 13.2 min | 1.9% |
| BUF–DCA | Buffalo to Washington | 96 | 71.9% | 20.2 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–DEN | Buffalo to Denver | 70 | 87.1% | -6.1 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–TPA | Buffalo to Tampa | 62 | 85.5% | 4.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BUF on time in October 2025?
80.6% of 1,870 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 87.5% of 2,032 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 80.6% and 0.6% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.