Daytona Beach International in March 2026

78.7%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 300 domestic departures from Daytona Beach International (DAB). 78.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.7% reached their destination on time; 3.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so DAB departures were 5.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 270 departures with 80.0% leaving on time: a change of −1.3 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at DAB that month were on time 81.3% of the time (300 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 80.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.7%
Cancelled 3.7%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	DAB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	78.7%	80.0%	79.7%	72.8%
Arrived on time	80.7%	83.7%	81.8%	73.2%
Cancelled	3.7%	2.2%	2.6%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.7 min	18.5 min	16.2 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	9	9	20,403
Scheduled departures	300	270	3,346	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	120	40%	85.8%	2.2 min	4.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	62	21%	67.7%	4.6 min	3.2%
OH PSA Airlines	62	21%	83.9%	-5.4 min	4.8%
AA American Airlines	56	19%	80.4%	23.9 min	1.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAB–ATL	Daytona Beach to Atlanta	120	85.8%	2.2 min	4.2%
DAB–CLT	Daytona Beach to Charlotte	118	82.2%	8.7 min	3.4%
DAB–BOS	Daytona Beach to Boston	31	54.8%	13.2 min	3.2%
DAB–JFK	Daytona Beach to New York	31	80.6%	-4.0 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	44.5%	33.5%	2,220
Late-arriving aircraft	29.7%	39.3%	1,484
National Aviation System	18.5%	21.0%	925
Extreme weather	7.3%	5.9%	362
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,991 delay minutes on 47 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 March 2026?

78.7% of 300 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 80.0% of 270 departures left on time and 2.2% were cancelled, against 78.7% and 3.7% in March 2026.

Provenance

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