Daytona Beach International in February 2026

77.7%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 283 domestic departures from Daytona Beach International (DAB). 77.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.2% reached their destination on time; 3.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so DAB departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 227 departures with 80.6% leaving on time: a change of −2.9 points, with flights up 25%.

Flights arriving at DAB that month were on time 79.2% of the time (283 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 22% and extreme weather 19%.

On time 79.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.0%
Cancelled 3.9%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	DAB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	77.7%	80.6%	79.7%	78.1%
Arrived on time	79.2%	81.5%	81.8%	78.3%
Cancelled	3.9%	3.1%	2.6%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.8 min	17.5 min	16.2 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	8	9	17,168
Scheduled departures	283	227	3,346	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	110	39%	88.2%	3.0 min	0.9%
OH PSA Airlines	68	24%	70.6%	10.5 min	7.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	56	20%	69.6%	7.1 min	8.9%
AA American Airlines	49	17%	81.6%	1.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAB–CLT	Daytona Beach to Charlotte	108	77.8%	4.8 min	4.6%
DAB–ATL	Daytona Beach to Atlanta	106	88.7%	2.9 min	0.9%
DAB–BOS	Daytona Beach to Boston	28	64.3%	14.2 min	7.1%
DAB–JFK	Daytona Beach to New York	28	75.0%	-0.2 min	10.7%
DAB–DCA	Daytona Beach to Washington	5	20.0%	45.8 min	0.0%
DAB–DFW	Daytona Beach to Dallas/Fort Worth	4	75.0%	2.5 min	0.0%
DAB–DTW	Daytona Beach to Detroit	2	100.0%	-9.0 min	0.0%
DAB–LGA	Daytona Beach to New York	2	50.0%	22.5 min	0.0%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	22.4%	38.2%	931
Late-arriving aircraft	51.5%	37.2%	2,143
National Aviation System	7.3%	18.5%	302
Extreme weather	18.9%	6.0%	788
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,164 delay minutes on 48 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 February 2026?

77.7% of 283 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 80.6% of 227 departures left on time and 3.1% were cancelled, against 77.7% and 3.9% in February 2026.

Provenance

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