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Airport month · October 2025
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall in October 2025
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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 8,475 domestic departures from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI). 76.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so BWI departures were 3.8 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 8,402 departures with 79.5% leaving on time: a change of −3.3 points, with flights up 1%.
Flights arriving at BWI that month were on time 82.7% of the time (8,479 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 81.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
- Cancelled 0.1%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | BWI, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.2% | 79.5% | 71.7% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 81.1% | 85.3% | 76.4% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.1% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.5 min | 9.7 min | 16.5 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 283 | 280 | 259 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 8,475 | 8,402 | 94,429 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 6,371 | 75% | 79.8% | 3.5 min | 0.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 484 | 6% | 91.1% | -6.3 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 396 | 5% | 87.6% | -4.0 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 394 | 5% | 84.5% | -4.6 min | 1.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 350 | 4% | 78.9% | 5.2 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 251 | 3% | 82.9% | 1.3 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 107 | 1% | 72.0% | 13.0 min | 1.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 67 | 1% | 88.1% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 55 | 1% | 87.3% | -5.4 min | 1.8% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BWI–ATL | Baltimore to Atlanta | 502 | 85.5% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| BWI–MCO | Baltimore to Orlando | 363 | 79.9% | 6.4 min | 0.6% |
| BWI–BOS | Baltimore to Boston | 336 | 67.3% | 18.6 min | 0.9% |
| BWI–CLT | Baltimore to Charlotte | 288 | 82.6% | 0.2 min | 0.0% |
| BWI–DEN | Baltimore to Denver | 269 | 88.8% | -6.4 min | 0.0% |
| BWI–FLL | Baltimore to Fort Lauderdale | 267 | 82.0% | 1.1 min | 0.0% |
| BWI–ORD | Baltimore to Chicago | 246 | 78.0% | 8.8 min | 0.0% |
| BWI–DTW | Baltimore to Detroit | 231 | 90.9% | -5.5 min | 0.0% |
| BWI–TPA | Baltimore to Tampa | 212 | 79.2% | 1.1 min | 0.5% |
| BWI–LAS | Baltimore to Las Vegas | 186 | 85.5% | -0.3 min | 0.0% |
| BWI–MDW | Baltimore to Chicago | 184 | 76.6% | 3.3 min | 0.0% |
| BWI–MIA | Baltimore to Miami | 178 | 82.0% | -1.1 min | 0.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BWI on time in October 2025?
76.2% of 8,475 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 79.5% of 8,402 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 76.2% and 0.1% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.