Fort Wayne International in May 2026

74.8%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 543 domestic departures from Fort Wayne International (FWA). 74.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.6% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so FWA departures were 2.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 564 departures with 83.2% leaving on time: a change of −8.4 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at FWA that month were on time 69.2% of the time (543 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 74.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.1%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	FWA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	74.8%	83.2%	73.8%	77.1%
Arrived on time	74.6%	78.4%	70.5%	77.6%
Cancelled	1.1%	0.9%	2.9%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.8 min	17.1 min	26.7 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	19	17	20,391
Scheduled departures	543	564	6,279	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	340	63%	72.6%	24.2 min	0.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	80	15%	73.8%	0.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	62	11%	82.3%	2.4 min	3.2%
OH PSA Airlines	61	11%	78.7%	6.6 min	4.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FWA–ORD	Fort Wayne to Chicago	278	69.4%	26.0 min	1.1%
FWA–DFW	Fort Wayne to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	77.4%	13.8 min	3.2%
FWA–DTW	Fort Wayne to Detroit	60	85.0%	5.1 min	0.0%
FWA–MSP	Fort Wayne to Minneapolis	31	93.5%	1.3 min	0.0%
FWA–PGD	Fort Wayne to Punta Gorda	17	82.4%	-7.1 min	0.0%
FWA–PIE	Fort Wayne to St. Petersburg	15	53.3%	13.3 min	0.0%
FWA–SFB	Fort Wayne to Sanford	12	91.7%	-16.2 min	0.0%
FWA–AZA	Fort Wayne to Phoenix	10	80.0%	-4.9 min	0.0%
FWA–FLL	Fort Wayne to Fort Lauderdale	9	55.6%	13.1 min	0.0%
FWA–SRQ	Fort Wayne to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	77.8%	1.8 min	0.0%
FWA–LAS	Fort Wayne to Las Vegas	4	50.0%	10.5 min	0.0%
FWA–MYR	Fort Wayne to Myrtle Beach	4	100.0%	-2.0 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	44.3%	33.0%	5,674
Late-arriving aircraft	33.0%	40.4%	4,230
National Aviation System	18.0%	20.5%	2,312
Extreme weather	4.4%	6.0%	568
Security	0.2%	0.1%	32

12,816 delay minutes on 131 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 May 2026?

74.8% of 543 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 83.2% of 564 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 74.8% and 1.1% in May 2026.

Provenance

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