Daytona Beach International in May 2025

68.1%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 273 domestic departures from Daytona Beach International (DAB). 68.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.3% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so DAB departures were 8.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 274 departures with 73.7% leaving on time: a change of −5.6 points, with flights down 0%.

Flights arriving at DAB that month were on time 71.1% of the time (273 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 70.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.6%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 3.7%

Every scheduled departure from DAB in May 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	DAB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	68.1%	73.7%	79.7%	76.7%
Arrived on time	70.3%	74.8%	81.8%	75.4%
Cancelled	0.4%	1.1%	2.6%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	37.8 min	19.5 min	16.2 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	9	9	20,188
Scheduled departures	273	274	3,346	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	149	55%	75.2%	16.3 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	124	45%	64.5%	40.0 min	0.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAB–ATL	Daytona Beach to Atlanta	149	75.2%	16.3 min	0.0%
DAB–CLT	Daytona Beach to Charlotte	124	64.5%	40.0 min	0.8%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	40.3%	29.3%	3,641
Late-arriving aircraft	45.5%	37.8%	4,105
National Aviation System	12.1%	25.9%	1,094
Extreme weather	2.1%	6.9%	189
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,029 delay minutes on 70 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 DAB on time in May 2025?

68.1% of 273 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 73.7% of 274 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 68.1% and 0.4% in May 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for DAB · methodology · corrections.