Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall in February 2025

79.3%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 6,571 domestic departures from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI). 79.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.3% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so BWI departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 6,894 departures with 82.5% leaving on time: a change of −3.2 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at BWI that month were on time 84.0% of the time (6,568 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 27%.

On time 80.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.8%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from BWI in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	BWI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	79.3%	82.5%	71.7%	79.2%
Arrived on time	80.3%	85.5%	76.4%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.3%	1.8%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.8 min	9.3 min	16.5 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	219	230	259	16,830
Scheduled departures	6,571	6,894	94,429	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	4,963	76%	80.0%	2.5 min	0.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	384	6%	79.2%	4.5 min	1.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	359	5%	87.5%	-6.2 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	244	4%	84.4%	-1.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	232	4%	80.2%	1.0 min	3.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	187	3%	72.7%	9.5 min	2.7%
YX Republic Airline	103	2%	79.6%	4.6 min	1.9%
MQ Envoy Air	67	1%	82.1%	-5.6 min	4.5%
AS Alaska Airlines	24	0%	70.8%	13.7 min	4.2%
OH PSA Airlines	8	0%	87.5%	-14.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BWI–ATL	Baltimore to Atlanta	425	84.0%	-3.6 min	0.2%
BWI–MCO	Baltimore to Orlando	402	80.1%	4.4 min	0.5%
BWI–BOS	Baltimore to Boston	285	81.4%	4.1 min	1.1%
BWI–FLL	Baltimore to Fort Lauderdale	280	82.1%	-0.2 min	1.4%
BWI–CLT	Baltimore to Charlotte	210	77.6%	5.4 min	2.4%
BWI–TPA	Baltimore to Tampa	207	76.3%	8.8 min	1.0%
BWI–DEN	Baltimore to Denver	185	78.4%	1.6 min	0.0%
BWI–MIA	Baltimore to Miami	183	75.4%	7.7 min	3.3%
BWI–ORD	Baltimore to Chicago	179	81.6%	2.6 min	0.6%
BWI–LAS	Baltimore to Las Vegas	167	77.8%	1.1 min	0.0%
BWI–DTW	Baltimore to Detroit	146	82.9%	0.9 min	0.7%
BWI–DAL	Baltimore to Dallas	131	81.7%	-7.9 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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.1%	33.9%	24,325
Late-arriving aircraft	35.5%	36.9%	26,908
National Aviation System	27.0%	22.5%	20,452
Extreme weather	5.1%	6.6%	3,859
Security	0.2%	0.1%	169

75,713 delay minutes on 1,233 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 2025?

79.3% of 6,571 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 82.5% of 6,894 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 79.3% and 0.7% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.