On-Time Report

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Airport month · June 2026

Buffalo Niagara International in June 2026

74.6%departed on time

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 June 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,865 domestic departures from Buffalo Niagara International (BUF). 74.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.9% reached their destination on time; 2.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.2% of flights departed on time and 72.8% arrived on time, so BUF departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in June 2025, the airport had 1,771 departures with 73.0% leaving on time: a change of +1.6 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at BUF that month were on time 72.1% of the time (1,862 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, national aviation system 27% and air carrier 25%.

Every scheduled departure from BUF in June 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

June 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJun 2026Jun 2025BUF, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jun 2026
Departed on time74.6%73.0%75.6%72.2%
Arrived on time76.9%73.9%75.5%72.8%
Cancelled2.8%3.0%2.6%1.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)17.7 min22.0 min18.8 min20.6 min
Scheduled departures a day62595720,253
Scheduled departures1,8651,77120,726607,577

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines40422%73.8%8.8 min0.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways33918%77.9%2.2 min2.7%
YX Republic Airline33418%83.2%-3.8 min3.9%
AA American Airlines20911%77.0%5.3 min2.4%
DL Delta Air Lines1679%85.0%0.8 min2.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines1568%80.1%4.2 min2.6%
UA United Airlines975%78.4%14.3 min2.1%
OH PSA Airlines865%54.7%41.9 min14.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines664%60.6%29.4 min1.5%
MQ Envoy Air70%57.1%-1.1 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BUF–ORDBuffalo to Chicago20979.9%6.0 min3.8%
BUF–BOSBuffalo to Boston16978.7%0.2 min3.6%
BUF–BWIBuffalo to Baltimore15084.7%-0.6 min0.7%
BUF–ATLBuffalo to Atlanta14180.1%2.8 min2.1%
BUF–DTWBuffalo to Detroit13584.4%5.1 min1.5%
BUF–JFKBuffalo to New York11872.0%7.0 min4.2%
BUF–LGABuffalo to New York11880.5%0.4 min5.1%
BUF–MCOBuffalo to Orlando11680.2%7.9 min0.0%
BUF–DCABuffalo to Washington9053.3%40.6 min13.3%
BUF–MDWBuffalo to Chicago9073.3%16.9 min2.2%
BUF–CLTBuffalo to Charlotte8982.0%1.1 min0.0%
BUF–EWRBuffalo to Newark7482.4%-2.9 min6.8%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), June 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jun 2026Minutes
Air carrier25.3%30.8%7,277
Late-arriving aircraft45.7%42.1%13,136
National Aviation System27.2%20.3%7,831
Extreme weather1.8%6.7%507
Security0.0%0.1%0
28,751 delay minutes on 373 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left BUF on time in June 2026?

74.6% of 1,865 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.2% and 72.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In June 2025, 73.0% of 1,771 departures left on time and 3.0% were cancelled, against 74.6% and 2.8% in June 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for June 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.