Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall in February 2024

82.5%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 6,894 domestic departures from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI). 82.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.5% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so BWI departures were 1.5 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BWI that month were on time 86.6% of the time (6,895 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 85.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.2%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from BWI in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	BWI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	82.5%	—	71.7%	84.0%
Arrived on time	85.5%	—	76.4%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	1.8%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.3 min	—	16.5 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	230	—	259	17,307
Scheduled departures	6,894	—	94,429	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,211	76%	85.2%	-2.8 min	0.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	402	6%	82.3%	-0.5 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	364	5%	90.9%	-8.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	278	4%	86.7%	-3.5 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	224	3%	88.8%	-8.6 min	0.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	171	2%	84.2%	2.3 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	56	1%	89.3%	-7.6 min	1.8%
9E Endeavor Air	54	1%	83.3%	-6.8 min	1.9%
B6 JetBlue Airways	54	1%	72.2%	6.2 min	3.7%
MQ Envoy Air	40	1%	90.0%	-12.2 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	25	0%	88.0%	-12.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	13	0%	92.3%	-15.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BWI–MCO	Baltimore to Orlando	459	85.6%	-0.8 min	0.4%
BWI–ATL	Baltimore to Atlanta	390	85.4%	-3.5 min	0.0%
BWI–FLL	Baltimore to Fort Lauderdale	320	83.8%	-0.6 min	0.0%
BWI–BOS	Baltimore to Boston	262	84.0%	-1.4 min	1.5%
BWI–TPA	Baltimore to Tampa	253	87.7%	-2.8 min	0.0%
BWI–MIA	Baltimore to Miami	233	81.5%	-2.3 min	0.0%
BWI–CLT	Baltimore to Charlotte	211	86.7%	-7.1 min	0.5%
BWI–DEN	Baltimore to Denver	210	85.2%	-5.5 min	0.0%
BWI–ORD	Baltimore to Chicago	205	90.7%	-2.9 min	1.5%
BWI–DTW	Baltimore to Detroit	143	89.5%	-8.7 min	0.0%
BWI–RDU	Baltimore to Raleigh/Durham	141	87.2%	-4.8 min	0.0%
BWI–ALB	Baltimore to Albany	134	81.3%	3.0 min	0.0%

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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	40.1%	35.9%	18,449
Late-arriving aircraft	37.0%	36.9%	17,028
National Aviation System	22.1%	21.7%	10,165
Extreme weather	0.7%	5.3%	322
Security	0.1%	0.3%	25

45,989 delay minutes on 979 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left BWI on time in February 2024?

82.5% of 6,894 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.