Gainesville Regional in February 2026

89.2%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 195 domestic departures from Gainesville Regional (GNV). 89.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.2% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so GNV departures were 11.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 193 departures with 77.2% leaving on time: a change of +12.0 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at GNV that month were on time 89.7% of the time (195 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 61%, late-arriving aircraft 19% and extreme weather 12%.

On time 88.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.3%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from GNV in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	GNV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	89.2%	77.2%	84.6%	78.1%
Arrived on time	88.2%	79.3%	85.8%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.0%	3.6%	1.4%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.3 min	24.4 min	13.3 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	6	8	17,168
Scheduled departures	195	193	2,741	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	113	58%	90.3%	-10.7 min	0.9%
MQ Envoy Air	81	42%	86.4%	-0.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	1	1%	0.0%	—	100.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GNV–ATL	Gainesville to Atlanta	113	90.3%	-10.7 min	0.9%
GNV–DFW	Gainesville to Dallas/Fort Worth	50	86.0%	-4.6 min	2.0%
GNV–MIA	Gainesville to Miami	32	84.4%	5.2 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	61.3%	38.2%	990
Late-arriving aircraft	18.6%	37.2%	301
National Aviation System	7.6%	18.5%	123
Extreme weather	12.4%	6.0%	200
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,614 delay minutes on 20 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 GNV on time in February 2026?

89.2% of 195 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 77.2% of 193 departures left on time and 3.6% were cancelled, against 89.2% and 1.0% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for GNV · methodology · corrections.