On-Time Report

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Airport month · October 2024

Fort Wayne International in October 2024

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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 512 domestic departures from Fort Wayne International (FWA). 81.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.6% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so FWA departures were 4.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 376 departures with 83.5% leaving on time: a change of −2.2 points, with flights up 36%.

Flights arriving at FWA that month were on time 81.4% of the time (512 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 74%, late-arriving aircraft 17% and national aviation system 5%.

Every scheduled departure from FWA in October 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureOct 2024Oct 2023FWA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time81.3%83.5%73.8%85.5%
Arrived on time82.6%80.6%70.5%85.8%
Cancelled2.1%0.3%2.9%1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.9 min17.7 min26.7 min9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day17131720,517
Scheduled departures5123766,279615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines32964%86.0%2.6 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air9118%73.6%0.9 min12.1%
OH PSA Airlines489%79.2%1.1 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air449%79.5%-7.4 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
FWA–ORDFort Wayne to Chicago12985.3%3.0 min0.0%
FWA–DFWFort Wayne to Dallas/Fort Worth9388.2%-10.0 min0.0%
FWA–ATLFort Wayne to Atlanta8984.3%6.6 min0.0%
FWA–CLTFort Wayne to Charlotte4879.2%1.1 min0.0%
FWA–DTWFort Wayne to Detroit3180.6%6.3 min0.0%
FWA–MSPFort Wayne to Minneapolis3183.9%9.5 min0.0%
FWA–SFBFort Wayne to Sanford2378.3%-3.9 min13.0%
FWA–PIEFort Wayne to St. Petersburg2277.3%-7.9 min18.2%
FWA–PGDFort Wayne to Punta Gorda2166.7%15.0 min9.5%
FWA–AZAFort Wayne to Phoenix966.7%8.9 min0.0%
FWA–LASFort Wayne to Las Vegas875.0%-1.1 min0.0%
FWA–SRQFort Wayne to Sarasota/Bradenton875.0%-10.7 min25.0%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Oct 2024Minutes
Air carrier74.3%42.7%4,834
Late-arriving aircraft17.0%37.4%1,104
National Aviation System4.5%16.3%295
Extreme weather4.3%3.4%277
Security0.0%0.2%0
6,510 delay minutes on 78 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left FWA on time in October 2024?

81.3% of 512 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 83.5% of 376 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 81.3% and 2.1% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2024; 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.