Fresno Yosemite International in May 2025

82.6%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,246 domestic departures from Fresno Yosemite International (FAT). 82.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.4% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so FAT departures were 5.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 1,005 departures with 77.2% leaving on time: a change of +5.4 points, with flights up 24%.

Flights arriving at FAT that month were on time 80.1% of the time (1,245 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 79.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from FAT in May 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	FAT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	82.6%	77.2%	82.3%	76.7%
Arrived on time	79.4%	77.7%	80.6%	75.4%
Cancelled	0.6%	1.3%	1.0%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.3 min	22.5 min	14.4 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	42	34	36	20,188
Scheduled departures	1,246	1,005	13,119	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	724	58%	83.0%	5.3 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	205	16%	74.6%	27.6 min	2.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	133	11%	82.0%	7.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	62	5%	59.7%	33.0 min	3.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	59	5%	88.1%	-6.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	2%	38.7%	26.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	2%	77.4%	20.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	1	0%	100.0%	-16.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAT–LAS	Fresno to Las Vegas	158	88.6%	-3.7 min	0.0%
FAT–DFW	Fresno to Dallas/Fort Worth	145	81.4%	5.0 min	2.8%
FAT–PHX	Fresno to Phoenix	127	70.1%	41.5 min	0.0%
FAT–DEN	Fresno to Denver	124	76.6%	22.6 min	1.6%
FAT–SAN	Fresno to San Diego	118	78.8%	2.5 min	1.7%
FAT–SFO	Fresno to San Francisco	118	76.3%	22.9 min	0.0%
FAT–SLC	Fresno to Salt Lake City	113	91.2%	-3.3 min	0.0%
FAT–SEA	Fresno to Seattle	110	69.1%	7.5 min	0.0%
FAT–LAX	Fresno to Los Angeles	89	82.0%	5.0 min	0.0%
FAT–PDX	Fresno to Portland	82	90.2%	-1.0 min	0.0%
FAT–ATL	Fresno to Atlanta	31	77.4%	20.4 min	0.0%
FAT–ORD	Fresno to Chicago	31	45.2%	25.7 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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	49.3%	29.3%	10,233
Late-arriving aircraft	33.0%	37.8%	6,856
National Aviation System	16.3%	25.9%	3,390
Extreme weather	1.3%	6.9%	268
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

20,747 delay minutes on 247 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 FAT on time in May 2025?

82.6% of 1,246 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 77.2% of 1,005 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 82.6% and 0.6% in May 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for FAT · methodology · corrections.