Fort Wayne International in December 2023

81.3%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 332 domestic departures from Fort Wayne International (FWA). 81.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.7% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so FWA departures were 1.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FWA that month were on time 86.1% of the time (332 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, late-arriving aircraft 17% and extreme weather 13%.

On time 83.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.1%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from FWA in December 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	FWA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	81.3%	—	73.8%	83.1%
Arrived on time	83.7%	—	70.5%	83.8%
Cancelled	1.2%	—	2.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.9 min	—	26.7 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	—	17	19,013
Scheduled departures	332	—	6,279	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	191	58%	86.9%	-2.1 min	1.6%
MQ Envoy Air	80	24%	81.3%	2.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	61	18%	77.0%	4.4 min	1.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FWA–ATL	Fort Wayne to Atlanta	87	86.2%	1.1 min	1.1%
FWA–DFW	Fort Wayne to Dallas/Fort Worth	80	81.3%	2.2 min	0.0%
FWA–ORD	Fort Wayne to Chicago	73	84.9%	0.0 min	1.4%
FWA–MSP	Fort Wayne to Minneapolis	31	93.5%	-16.1 min	3.2%
FWA–PIE	Fort Wayne to St. Petersburg	15	93.3%	-0.9 min	0.0%
FWA–PGD	Fort Wayne to Punta Gorda	14	64.3%	10.9 min	0.0%
FWA–SFB	Fort Wayne to Sanford	12	83.3%	25.4 min	0.0%
FWA–SRQ	Fort Wayne to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	77.8%	-11.9 min	0.0%
FWA–LAS	Fort Wayne to Las Vegas	8	62.5%	-0.2 min	0.0%
FWA–AZA	Fort Wayne to Phoenix	3	66.7%	-34.5 min	33.3%

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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	57.4%	37.1%	2,650
Late-arriving aircraft	17.3%	38.8%	800
National Aviation System	12.1%	17.6%	560
Extreme weather	13.1%	6.2%	603
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

4,613 delay minutes on 50 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 FWA on time in December 2023?

81.3% of 332 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for FWA · methodology · corrections.