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Airport month · January 2026
Buffalo Niagara International in January 2026
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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,354 domestic departures from Buffalo Niagara International (BUF). 72.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.5% reached their destination on time; 6.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so BUF departures were 2.9 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 1,396 departures with 79.0% leaving on time: a change of −6.3 points, with flights down 3%.
Flights arriving at BUF that month were on time 66.5% of the time (1,354 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 66.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.8%
- Cancelled 6.4%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | BUF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 72.7% | 79.0% | 75.6% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 66.5% | 72.6% | 75.5% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 6.4% | 2.8% | 2.6% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 21.5 min | 14.8 min | 18.8 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 45 | 47 | 57 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,354 | 1,396 | 20,726 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 406 | 30% | 79.6% | -1.0 min | 2.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 222 | 16% | 73.0% | 2.9 min | 6.8% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 206 | 15% | 52.4% | 28.1 min | 9.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 138 | 10% | 69.6% | 9.9 min | 8.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 131 | 10% | 61.1% | 28.1 min | 9.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 80 | 6% | 60.0% | 19.5 min | 8.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 51 | 4% | 51.0% | 51.7 min | 2.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 48 | 4% | 35.4% | 53.2 min | 4.2% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 38 | 3% | 55.3% | 46.1 min | 13.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 34 | 3% | 58.8% | 20.6 min | 8.8% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF–ORD | Buffalo to Chicago | 164 | 61.0% | 19.3 min | 4.3% |
| BUF–LGA | Buffalo to New York | 144 | 67.4% | 5.4 min | 9.7% |
| BUF–MCO | Buffalo to Orlando | 143 | 72.7% | 17.0 min | 2.8% |
| BUF–BWI | Buffalo to Baltimore | 128 | 82.8% | -5.4 min | 4.7% |
| BUF–ATL | Buffalo to Atlanta | 98 | 66.3% | 13.4 min | 8.2% |
| BUF–CLT | Buffalo to Charlotte | 93 | 60.2% | 23.7 min | 10.8% |
| BUF–DCA | Buffalo to Washington | 92 | 59.8% | 35.7 min | 10.9% |
| BUF–TPA | Buffalo to Tampa | 64 | 82.8% | -0.8 min | 0.0% |
| BUF–DTW | Buffalo to Detroit | 62 | 64.5% | 12.9 min | 6.5% |
| BUF–JFK | Buffalo to New York | 62 | 51.6% | 24.2 min | 14.5% |
| BUF–FLL | Buffalo to Fort Lauderdale | 57 | 49.1% | 33.6 min | 7.0% |
| BUF–BOS | Buffalo to Boston | 51 | 51.0% | 32.6 min | 7.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BUF on time in January 2026?
72.7% of 1,354 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 79.0% of 1,396 departures left on time and 2.8% were cancelled, against 72.7% and 6.4% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.