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Airport month · October 2023
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall in October 2023
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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 8,784 domestic departures from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI). 74.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.9% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so BWI departures were 9.1 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at BWI that month were on time 84.6% of the time (8,779 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 39% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 78.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.7%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2023 | Year earlier | BWI, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 74.7% | — | 71.7% | 83.8% |
| Arrived on time | 78.9% | — | 76.4% | 84.0% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | — | 1.8% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.2 min | — | 16.5 min | 11.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 293 | — | 259 | 19,966 |
| Scheduled departures | 8,784 | — | 94,429 | 598,968 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 6,618 | 75% | 76.9% | 5.9 min | 0.1% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 515 | 6% | 83.5% | -1.8 min | 1.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 445 | 5% | 91.0% | -2.0 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 346 | 4% | 89.9% | -4.5 min | 0.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 331 | 4% | 87.0% | -1.5 min | 0.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 244 | 3% | 69.7% | 24.4 min | 2.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 75 | 1% | 84.0% | 1.3 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 70 | 1% | 82.9% | 3.5 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 62 | 1% | 90.3% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 32 | 0% | 78.1% | 6.1 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 29 | 0% | 86.2% | -2.0 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 17 | 0% | 76.5% | 10.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BWI–ATL | Baltimore to Atlanta | 567 | 82.5% | 6.5 min | 0.0% |
| BWI–MCO | Baltimore to Orlando | 465 | 78.7% | 6.7 min | 0.4% |
| BWI–BOS | Baltimore to Boston | 364 | 80.2% | 3.8 min | 0.0% |
| BWI–FLL | Baltimore to Fort Lauderdale | 341 | 83.3% | 0.8 min | 0.6% |
| BWI–DEN | Baltimore to Denver | 282 | 75.5% | 9.6 min | 0.4% |
| BWI–CLT | Baltimore to Charlotte | 268 | 84.7% | 1.6 min | 0.0% |
| BWI–ORD | Baltimore to Chicago | 263 | 84.4% | -0.6 min | 0.8% |
| BWI–TPA | Baltimore to Tampa | 255 | 79.2% | 2.8 min | 0.4% |
| BWI–BNA | Baltimore to Nashville | 202 | 81.7% | 0.8 min | 0.0% |
| BWI–MIA | Baltimore to Miami | 194 | 81.4% | 1.3 min | 2.1% |
| BWI–MDW | Baltimore to Chicago | 191 | 76.4% | 6.4 min | 0.5% |
| BWI–RDU | Baltimore to Raleigh/Durham | 172 | 80.2% | 5.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BWI on time in October 2023?
74.7% of 8,784 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for BWI · methodology · corrections.