Fort Wayne International in January 2026

70.2%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 517 domestic departures from Fort Wayne International (FWA). 70.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.3% reached their destination on time; 3.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so FWA departures were 5.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 488 departures with 74.4% leaving on time: a change of −4.2 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at FWA that month were on time 67.4% of the time (516 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 66.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.8%
Cancelled 3.9%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from FWA in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	FWA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	70.2%	74.4%	73.8%	75.6%
Arrived on time	66.3%	68.2%	70.5%	75.3%
Cancelled	3.9%	2.0%	2.9%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	30.4 min	23.0 min	26.7 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	16	17	18,133
Scheduled departures	517	488	6,279	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	349	68%	63.9%	23.6 min	2.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	74	14%	71.6%	26.0 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	62	12%	67.7%	23.5 min	14.5%
MQ Envoy Air	32	6%	78.1%	6.5 min	3.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FWA–ORD	Fort Wayne to Chicago	176	60.2%	23.4 min	2.8%
FWA–DFW	Fort Wayne to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	71.0%	17.5 min	10.8%
FWA–ATL	Fort Wayne to Atlanta	85	68.2%	26.7 min	4.7%
FWA–DTW	Fort Wayne to Detroit	58	60.3%	32.1 min	1.7%
FWA–MSP	Fort Wayne to Minneapolis	31	80.6%	-0.1 min	0.0%
FWA–PGD	Fort Wayne to Punta Gorda	21	71.4%	10.8 min	0.0%
FWA–SFB	Fort Wayne to Sanford	17	70.6%	8.6 min	0.0%
FWA–PIE	Fort Wayne to St. Petersburg	14	85.7%	71.1 min	0.0%
FWA–SRQ	Fort Wayne to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	88.9%	-10.9 min	0.0%
FWA–FLL	Fort Wayne to Fort Lauderdale	8	50.0%	46.8 min	0.0%
FWA–AZA	Fort Wayne to Phoenix	5	40.0%	55.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	45.5%	37.3%	7,184
Late-arriving aircraft	25.5%	35.0%	4,024
National Aviation System	16.1%	18.0%	2,536
Extreme weather	12.8%	9.6%	2,019
Security	0.1%	0.1%	12

15,775 delay minutes on 154 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 January 2026?

70.2% of 517 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 74.4% of 488 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 70.2% and 3.9% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.