Daytona Beach International in January 2026

75.5%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 302 domestic departures from Daytona Beach International (DAB). 75.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.5% reached their destination on time; 7.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so DAB departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 225 departures with 84.4% leaving on time: a change of −8.9 points, with flights up 34%.

Flights arriving at DAB that month were on time 74.1% of the time (301 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, air carrier 31% and extreme weather 25%.

On time 78.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.9%
Cancelled 7.6%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from DAB in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	DAB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	75.5%	84.4%	79.7%	75.6%
Arrived on time	78.5%	86.7%	81.8%	75.3%
Cancelled	7.6%	2.7%	2.6%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.0 min	12.2 min	16.2 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	8	9	18,133
Scheduled departures	302	225	3,346	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	121	40%	82.6%	-5.2 min	4.1%
OH PSA Airlines	119	39%	77.3%	4.3 min	12.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	62	21%	72.6%	17.7 min	4.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAB–ATL	Daytona Beach to Atlanta	121	82.6%	-5.2 min	4.1%
DAB–CLT	Daytona Beach to Charlotte	119	77.3%	4.3 min	12.6%
DAB–BOS	Daytona Beach to Boston	31	67.7%	30.1 min	6.5%
DAB–JFK	Daytona Beach to New York	31	77.4%	5.7 min	3.2%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	30.8%	37.3%	1,440
Late-arriving aircraft	34.7%	35.0%	1,621
National Aviation System	9.3%	18.0%	434
Extreme weather	25.2%	9.6%	1,175
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,670 delay minutes on 42 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 January 2026?

75.5% of 302 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 84.4% of 225 departures left on time and 2.7% were cancelled, against 75.5% and 7.6% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.