Gainesville Regional in March 2026

80.5%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 220 domestic departures from Gainesville Regional (GNV). 80.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.7% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so GNV departures were 7.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 179 departures with 77.7% leaving on time: a change of +2.8 points, with flights up 23%.

Flights arriving at GNV that month were on time 75.5% of the time (220 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 75%, late-arriving aircraft 17% and national aviation system 6%.

On time 82.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.4%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	GNV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	80.5%	77.7%	84.6%	72.8%
Arrived on time	82.7%	79.3%	85.8%	73.2%
Cancelled	0.5%	3.4%	1.4%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.5 min	27.2 min	13.3 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	6	8	20,403
Scheduled departures	220	179	2,741	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	119	54%	79.8%	19.3 min	0.8%
MQ Envoy Air	101	46%	86.1%	-7.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GNV–ATL	Gainesville to Atlanta	119	79.8%	19.3 min	0.8%
GNV–DFW	Gainesville to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	87.1%	-17.0 min	0.0%
GNV–MIA	Gainesville to Miami	39	84.6%	7.1 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	74.8%	33.5%	3,562
Late-arriving aircraft	17.2%	39.3%	817
National Aviation System	6.2%	21.0%	293
Extreme weather	1.7%	5.9%	82
Security	0.1%	0.2%	5

4,759 delay minutes on 36 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 March 2026?

80.5% of 220 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 77.7% of 179 departures left on time and 3.4% were cancelled, against 80.5% and 0.5% in March 2026.

Provenance

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