Westchester County in May 2026

80.0%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 810 domestic departures from Westchester County (HPN). 80.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.8% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so HPN departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 928 departures with 77.9% leaving on time: a change of +2.1 points, with flights down 13%.

Flights arriving at HPN that month were on time 77.7% of the time (810 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, national aviation system 19% and extreme weather 18%.

On time 78.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from HPN 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	HPN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	80.0%	77.9%	74.9%	77.1%
Arrived on time	78.8%	72.5%	72.2%	77.6%
Cancelled	1.2%	2.0%	3.6%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.4 min	18.6 min	21.9 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	27	31	29	20,391
Scheduled departures	810	928	10,466	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	401	50%	84.3%	1.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	209	26%	69.9%	12.9 min	2.4%
MQ Envoy Air	139	17%	78.4%	7.3 min	2.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	54	7%	72.2%	22.4 min	3.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	7	1%	85.7%	-4.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HPN–PBI	White Plains to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	131	81.7%	7.1 min	0.0%
HPN–ORD	White Plains to Chicago	121	77.7%	6.8 min	2.5%
HPN–CLT	White Plains to Charlotte	106	75.5%	12.9 min	0.0%
HPN–DCA	White Plains to Washington	103	64.1%	13.0 min	4.9%
HPN–MCO	White Plains to Orlando	83	80.7%	1.8 min	0.0%
HPN–FLL	White Plains to Fort Lauderdale	70	80.0%	7.7 min	0.0%
HPN–ATL	White Plains to Atlanta	54	72.2%	22.4 min	3.7%
HPN–RSW	White Plains to Fort Myers	48	87.5%	-4.4 min	0.0%
HPN–SJU	White Plains to San Juan	29	100.0%	-13.3 min	0.0%
HPN–TPA	White Plains to Tampa	29	96.6%	-10.3 min	0.0%
HPN–MIA	White Plains to Miami	18	83.3%	10.7 min	0.0%
HPN–ACK	White Plains to Nantucket	11	81.8%	4.7 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	14.1%	33.0%	1,979
Late-arriving aircraft	48.6%	40.4%	6,796
National Aviation System	19.4%	20.5%	2,717
Extreme weather	17.9%	6.0%	2,503
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

13,995 delay minutes on 160 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 HPN on time in May 2026?

80.0% of 810 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.8% 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, 77.9% of 928 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 80.0% and 1.2% 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 HPN · methodology · corrections.