On-Time Report

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Airport month · May 2026

Greenville-Spartanburg International in May 2026

81.8%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 1,302 domestic departures from Greenville-Spartanburg International (GSP). 81.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.8% 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 GSP departures were 4.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 1,265 departures with 76.8% leaving on time: a change of +5.0 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at GSP that month were on time 75.4% of the time (1,303 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 20%.

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

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

MeasureMay 2026May 2025GSP, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time81.8%76.8%79.0%77.1%
Arrived on time82.8%75.4%78.9%77.6%
Cancelled1.1%1.5%2.7%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)12.4 min17.1 min16.1 min16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day43423920,391
Scheduled departures1,3021,26514,201611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines30924%86.4%-2.5 min1.3%
MQ Envoy Air20616%83.0%-0.4 min1.0%
YX Republic Airline20115%88.1%-6.3 min1.5%
OH PSA Airlines19115%83.8%1.6 min0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines15512%83.2%1.2 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines857%75.3%13.7 min2.4%
AA American Airlines826%72.0%27.5 min2.4%
G4 Allegiant Air423%61.9%17.8 min0.0%
UA United Airlines312%80.6%-2.6 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
GSP–ATLGreer to Atlanta25486.6%-1.6 min1.2%
GSP–ORDGreer to Chicago18480.4%4.6 min2.2%
GSP–CLTGreer to Charlotte12189.3%-2.8 min0.0%
GSP–DFWGreer to Dallas/Fort Worth10568.6%28.3 min2.9%
GSP–BNAGreer to Nashville9378.5%4.0 min0.0%
GSP–EWRGreer to Newark9293.5%-11.8 min1.1%
GSP–DCAGreer to Washington8873.9%9.5 min1.1%
GSP–LGAGreer to New York8083.8%-1.8 min1.3%
GSP–MIAGreer to Miami6485.9%-4.8 min0.0%
GSP–BWIGreer to Baltimore6290.3%-3.0 min0.0%
GSP–DTWGreer to Detroit5585.5%-7.0 min1.8%
GSP–DENGreer to Denver3180.6%-2.6 min0.0%

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 categoryShare of delay minutesNational, May 2026Minutes
Air carrier27.2%33.0%3,971
Late-arriving aircraft44.2%40.4%6,458
National Aviation System19.5%20.5%2,845
Extreme weather9.2%6.0%1,346
Security0.0%0.1%0
14,620 delay minutes on 207 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left GSP on time in May 2026?

81.8% of 1,302 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.8% 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, 76.8% of 1,265 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 81.8% 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 GSP · methodology · corrections.