Gainesville Regional in May 2026

82.6%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 242 domestic departures from Gainesville Regional (GNV). 82.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.1% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so GNV departures were 5.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 242 departures with 79.3% leaving on time: a change of +3.3 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at GNV that month were on time 80.6% of the time (242 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, extreme weather 20% and air carrier 13%.

On time 83.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.9%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from GNV 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	GNV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	82.6%	79.3%	84.6%	77.1%
Arrived on time	83.1%	80.6%	85.8%	77.6%
Cancelled	2.1%	2.1%	1.4%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.9 min	26.7 min	13.3 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	8	8	20,391
Scheduled departures	242	242	2,741	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	149	62%	82.6%	-2.1 min	2.0%
MQ Envoy Air	93	38%	83.9%	4.8 min	2.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GNV–ATL	Gainesville to Atlanta	149	82.6%	-2.1 min	2.0%
GNV–DFW	Gainesville to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	83.9%	-5.6 min	3.2%
GNV–MIA	Gainesville to Miami	31	83.9%	25.1 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	12.6%	33.0%	433
Late-arriving aircraft	58.1%	40.4%	1,997
National Aviation System	9.6%	20.5%	331
Extreme weather	19.6%	6.0%	675
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,436 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 May 2026?

82.6% of 242 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.1% 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, 79.3% of 242 departures left on time and 2.1% were cancelled, against 82.6% and 2.1% 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 GNV · methodology · corrections.