Fort Wayne International in December 2025

60.1%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 544 domestic departures from Fort Wayne International (FWA). 60.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 55.9% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so FWA departures were 11.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 473 departures with 74.4% leaving on time: a change of −14.3 points, with flights up 15%.

Flights arriving at FWA that month were on time 56.5% of the time (543 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 55.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 41.5%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from FWA in December 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	FWA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	60.1%	74.4%	73.8%	72.0%
Arrived on time	55.9%	71.2%	70.5%	71.9%
Cancelled	2.2%	0.2%	2.9%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	47.0 min	27.3 min	26.7 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	16	17	19,410
Scheduled departures	544	473	6,279	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	364	67%	53.0%	57.2 min	3.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	87	16%	49.4%	30.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	61	11%	73.8%	14.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	32	6%	71.9%	5.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FWA–ORD	Fort Wayne to Chicago	199	48.2%	65.6 min	5.0%
FWA–DFW	Fort Wayne to Dallas/Fort Worth	91	73.6%	10.5 min	0.0%
FWA–ATL	Fort Wayne to Atlanta	86	61.6%	38.9 min	1.2%
FWA–DTW	Fort Wayne to Detroit	50	56.0%	44.5 min	0.0%
FWA–MSP	Fort Wayne to Minneapolis	31	54.8%	74.5 min	3.2%
FWA–PGD	Fort Wayne to Punta Gorda	24	66.7%	8.4 min	0.0%
FWA–PIE	Fort Wayne to St. Petersburg	18	38.9%	59.7 min	0.0%
FWA–SFB	Fort Wayne to Sanford	17	47.1%	28.2 min	0.0%
FWA–SRQ	Fort Wayne to Sarasota/Bradenton	12	66.7%	9.2 min	0.0%
FWA–FLL	Fort Wayne to Fort Lauderdale	9	11.1%	55.9 min	0.0%
FWA–AZA	Fort Wayne to Phoenix	7	42.9%	44.4 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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	53.2%	33.3%	14,483
Late-arriving aircraft	24.0%	41.1%	6,535
National Aviation System	15.9%	19.1%	4,316
Extreme weather	6.8%	6.4%	1,854
Security	0.1%	0.2%	35

27,223 delay minutes on 226 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 2025?

60.1% of 544 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 55.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 74.4% of 473 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 60.1% and 2.2% in December 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2025; 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.