Fresno Yosemite International in January 2026

79.0%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 1,022 domestic departures from Fresno Yosemite International (FAT). 79.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.4% reached their destination on time; 3.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so FAT departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 920 departures with 82.0% leaving on time: a change of −3.0 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at FAT that month were on time 79.4% of the time (1,022 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and extreme weather 24%.

On time 77.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.9%
Cancelled 3.5%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from FAT 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	FAT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	79.0%	82.0%	82.3%	75.6%
Arrived on time	77.4%	82.5%	80.6%	75.3%
Cancelled	3.5%	0.5%	1.0%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.4 min	18.7 min	14.4 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	34	31	36	18,133
Scheduled departures	1,022	920	13,119	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	562	55%	78.6%	6.0 min	3.6%
AA American Airlines	178	17%	70.2%	19.8 min	8.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	178	17%	82.0%	3.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	47	5%	70.2%	51.7 min	2.1%
UA United Airlines	30	3%	80.0%	11.5 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	27	3%	77.8%	9.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAT–SAN	Fresno to San Diego	145	74.5%	8.1 min	4.1%
FAT–PHX	Fresno to Phoenix	140	72.1%	18.8 min	3.6%
FAT–LAS	Fresno to Las Vegas	139	82.7%	17.5 min	0.7%
FAT–DEN	Fresno to Denver	121	86.0%	0.7 min	0.0%
FAT–SLC	Fresno to Salt Lake City	103	89.3%	-4.7 min	1.9%
FAT–DFW	Fresno to Dallas/Fort Worth	100	68.0%	25.5 min	12.0%
FAT–SFO	Fresno to San Francisco	92	67.4%	20.2 min	4.3%
FAT–LAX	Fresno to Los Angeles	88	78.4%	2.4 min	2.3%
FAT–SEA	Fresno to Seattle	58	75.9%	3.2 min	3.4%
FAT–PDX	Fresno to Portland	31	77.4%	-1.8 min	6.5%
FAT–ORD	Fresno to Chicago	5	80.0%	17.2 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	37.4%	37.3%	7,100
Late-arriving aircraft	25.6%	35.0%	4,851
National Aviation System	12.6%	18.0%	2,384
Extreme weather	24.4%	9.6%	4,632
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

18,967 delay minutes on 193 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 January 2026?

79.0% of 1,022 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.4% 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, 82.0% of 920 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 79.0% and 3.5% 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 FAT · methodology · corrections.