Fort Wayne International in December 2024

74.4%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 473 domestic departures from Fort Wayne International (FWA). 74.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.2% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so FWA departures were 3.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 332 departures with 81.3% leaving on time: a change of −6.9 points, with flights up 42%.

Flights arriving at FWA that month were on time 75.4% of the time (472 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 64%, late-arriving aircraft 16% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 71.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.3%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	FWA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	74.4%	81.3%	73.8%	77.8%
Arrived on time	71.2%	83.7%	70.5%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.2%	1.2%	2.9%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.3 min	16.9 min	26.7 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	11	17	19,686
Scheduled departures	473	332	6,279	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	244	52%	69.7%	24.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	90	19%	77.8%	1.3 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	78	16%	66.7%	23.0 min	1.3%
OH PSA Airlines	61	13%	73.8%	5.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FWA–ORD	Fort Wayne to Chicago	106	68.9%	17.5 min	0.0%
FWA–DFW	Fort Wayne to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	77.8%	1.3 min	0.0%
FWA–ATL	Fort Wayne to Atlanta	88	69.3%	39.6 min	0.0%
FWA–CLT	Fort Wayne to Charlotte	61	73.8%	5.6 min	0.0%
FWA–MSP	Fort Wayne to Minneapolis	31	61.3%	20.3 min	0.0%
FWA–PGD	Fort Wayne to Punta Gorda	22	54.5%	29.9 min	0.0%
FWA–DTW	Fort Wayne to Detroit	19	89.5%	2.1 min	0.0%
FWA–PIE	Fort Wayne to St. Petersburg	16	68.8%	12.8 min	0.0%
FWA–SFB	Fort Wayne to Sanford	14	64.3%	34.8 min	0.0%
FWA–SRQ	Fort Wayne to Sarasota/Bradenton	12	83.3%	19.8 min	8.3%
FWA–LAS	Fort Wayne to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	13.9 min	0.0%
FWA–AZA	Fort Wayne to Phoenix	5	40.0%	15.2 min	0.0%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	63.6%	34.3%	8,073
Late-arriving aircraft	16.1%	40.2%	2,040
National Aviation System	12.3%	17.8%	1,557
Extreme weather	8.1%	7.5%	1,028
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

12,698 delay minutes on 134 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 2024?

74.4% of 473 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 81.3% of 332 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 74.4% and 0.2% in December 2024.

Provenance

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