Daytona Beach International in December 2025

73.7%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 285 domestic departures from Daytona Beach International (DAB). 73.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.2% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so DAB departures were 1.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 246 departures with 83.3% leaving on time: a change of −9.6 points, with flights up 16%.

Flights arriving at DAB that month were on time 73.8% of the time (286 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, air carrier 32% and extreme weather 5%.

On time 78.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.0%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	DAB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	73.7%	83.3%	79.7%	72.0%
Arrived on time	78.2%	84.1%	81.8%	71.9%
Cancelled	1.8%	0.0%	2.6%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.1 min	14.2 min	16.2 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	8	9	19,410
Scheduled departures	285	246	3,346	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	132	46%	84.8%	3.0 min	2.3%
OH PSA Airlines	72	25%	76.4%	9.1 min	1.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	56	20%	67.9%	13.3 min	1.8%
AA American Airlines	25	9%	72.0%	17.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAB–ATL	Daytona Beach to Atlanta	132	84.8%	3.0 min	2.3%
DAB–CLT	Daytona Beach to Charlotte	97	75.3%	11.3 min	1.0%
DAB–BOS	Daytona Beach to Boston	28	64.3%	21.2 min	0.0%
DAB–JFK	Daytona Beach to New York	28	71.4%	5.1 min	3.6%

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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.3%	33.3%	1,687
Late-arriving aircraft	57.8%	41.1%	3,023
National Aviation System	4.7%	19.1%	247
Extreme weather	4.9%	6.4%	254
Security	0.4%	0.2%	20

5,231 delay minutes on 57 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 December 2025?

73.7% of 285 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 83.3% of 246 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 73.7% and 1.8% in December 2025.

Provenance

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