Fresno Yosemite International in March 2026

84.7%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 1,012 domestic departures from Fresno Yosemite International (FAT). 84.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.1% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so FAT departures were 11.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 1,006 departures with 84.8% leaving on time: a change of −0.1 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at FAT that month were on time 82.5% of the time (1,012 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 58%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 85.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.3%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from FAT 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	FAT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	84.7%	84.8%	82.3%	72.8%
Arrived on time	85.1%	82.7%	80.6%	73.2%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.2%	1.0%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.9 min	14.4 min	14.4 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	34	34	36	20,403
Scheduled departures	1,012	1,006	13,119	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	487	48%	85.0%	3.9 min	0.6%
AA American Airlines	179	18%	79.3%	19.4 min	1.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	178	18%	82.6%	5.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	62	6%	96.8%	-6.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	46	5%	91.3%	-5.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	31	3%	96.8%	-9.4 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	29	3%	89.7%	-6.5 min	3.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAT–PHX	Fresno to Phoenix	149	85.2%	3.4 min	0.7%
FAT–SAN	Fresno to San Diego	144	75.7%	9.5 min	1.4%
FAT–LAS	Fresno to Las Vegas	139	88.5%	-0.2 min	0.0%
FAT–DEN	Fresno to Denver	120	84.2%	1.6 min	0.0%
FAT–SLC	Fresno to Salt Lake City	118	94.9%	-9.2 min	0.0%
FAT–SFO	Fresno to San Francisco	95	82.1%	5.4 min	0.0%
FAT–DFW	Fresno to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	78.3%	33.4 min	1.1%
FAT–LAX	Fresno to Los Angeles	64	92.2%	7.5 min	0.0%
FAT–SEA	Fresno to Seattle	60	88.3%	6.5 min	1.7%
FAT–PDX	Fresno to Portland	31	87.1%	-9.9 min	3.2%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	58.2%	33.5%	8,241
Late-arriving aircraft	25.7%	39.3%	3,647
National Aviation System	14.5%	21.0%	2,058
Extreme weather	1.5%	5.9%	210
Security	0.1%	0.2%	14

14,170 delay minutes on 145 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 March 2026?

84.7% of 1,012 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.1% 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, 84.8% of 1,006 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 84.7% and 0.6% 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 FAT · methodology · corrections.