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Airport month · November 2025
Buffalo Niagara International in November 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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,742 domestic departures from Buffalo Niagara International (BUF). 77.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.0% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so BUF departures were 1.0 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 1,758 departures with 88.4% leaving on time: a change of −11.3 points, with flights down 1%.
Flights arriving at BUF that month were on time 72.6% of the time (1,742 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, national aviation system 29% and air carrier 25%.
- On time 76.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.5%
- Cancelled 2.5%
- Diverted 0.0%
November 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Nov 2025 | Nov 2024 | BUF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.1% | 88.4% | 75.6% | 78.1% |
| Arrived on time | 76.0% | 89.4% | 75.5% | 77.3% |
| Cancelled | 2.5% | 0.1% | 2.6% | 2.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.0 min | 8.4 min | 18.8 min | 15.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 58 | 59 | 57 | 19,018 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,742 | 1,758 | 20,726 | 570,550 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 473 | 27% | 82.2% | 1.1 min | 0.6% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 304 | 17% | 76.0% | 9.7 min | 2.3% |
| YX Republic Airline | 239 | 14% | 71.5% | 14.3 min | 4.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 178 | 10% | 79.2% | 4.2 min | 1.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 135 | 8% | 68.9% | 17.9 min | 7.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 119 | 7% | 81.5% | -1.4 min | 2.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 83 | 5% | 73.5% | 5.1 min | 4.8% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 79 | 5% | 49.4% | 54.2 min | 5.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 70 | 4% | 70.0% | 21.3 min | 1.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 62 | 4% | 85.5% | -2.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF–ORD | Buffalo to Chicago | 189 | 70.9% | 19.9 min | 5.3% |
| BUF–MCO | Buffalo to Orlando | 159 | 78.0% | 10.1 min | 0.6% |
| BUF–BWI | Buffalo to Baltimore | 144 | 87.5% | -2.4 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–LGA | Buffalo to New York | 144 | 70.1% | 14.2 min | 4.9% |
| BUF–JFK | Buffalo to New York | 117 | 72.6% | 8.0 min | 3.4% |
| BUF–DTW | Buffalo to Detroit | 108 | 80.6% | 5.4 min | 3.7% |
| BUF–ATL | Buffalo to Atlanta | 107 | 79.4% | 1.5 min | 2.8% |
| BUF–CLT | Buffalo to Charlotte | 88 | 85.2% | 1.3 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–DCA | Buffalo to Washington | 88 | 48.9% | 39.4 min | 4.5% |
| BUF–BOS | Buffalo to Boston | 85 | 78.8% | 12.0 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–TPA | Buffalo to Tampa | 60 | 80.0% | 6.6 min | 1.7% |
| BUF–EWR | Buffalo to Newark | 59 | 86.4% | -11.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BUF on time in November 2025?
77.1% of 1,742 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In November 2024, 88.4% of 1,758 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 77.1% and 2.5% in November 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.