Daytona Beach International in May 2026

78.8%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 307 domestic departures from Daytona Beach International (DAB). 78.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.8% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so DAB departures were 1.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 273 departures with 68.1% leaving on time: a change of +10.7 points, with flights up 12%.

Flights arriving at DAB that month were on time 81.1% of the time (307 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 78.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.9%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	DAB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	78.8%	68.1%	79.7%	77.1%
Arrived on time	78.8%	70.3%	81.8%	77.6%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.4%	2.6%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.8 min	37.8 min	16.2 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	9	9	20,391
Scheduled departures	307	273	3,346	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	124	40%	79.8%	5.5 min	2.4%
OH PSA Airlines	83	27%	78.3%	-1.4 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	62	20%	72.6%	4.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	38	12%	86.8%	-1.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAB–ATL	Daytona Beach to Atlanta	124	79.8%	5.5 min	2.4%
DAB–CLT	Daytona Beach to Charlotte	121	81.0%	-1.3 min	0.0%
DAB–BOS	Daytona Beach to Boston	31	51.6%	24.3 min	0.0%
DAB–JFK	Daytona Beach to New York	31	93.5%	-14.9 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	37.5%	33.0%	1,566
Late-arriving aircraft	39.5%	40.4%	1,649
National Aviation System	19.0%	20.5%	795
Extreme weather	4.0%	6.0%	167
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,177 delay minutes on 61 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 2026?

78.8% of 307 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 68.1% of 273 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 78.8% and 1.0% in May 2026.

Provenance

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