Capital Region International in May 2025

78.9%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 204 domestic departures from Capital Region International (LAN). 78.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.4% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so LAN departures were 2.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 115 departures with 79.1% leaving on time: a change of −0.2 points, with flights up 77%.

Flights arriving at LAN that month were on time 80.4% of the time (204 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 79.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from LAN in May 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	LAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	78.9%	79.1%	75.7%	76.7%
Arrived on time	79.4%	78.3%	73.6%	75.4%
Cancelled	2.0%	0.9%	2.8%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.9 min	18.9 min	28.4 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	4	5	20,188
Scheduled departures	204	115	1,904	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	91	45%	81.3%	0.8 min	2.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	87	43%	88.5%	-1.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	26	13%	42.3%	28.6 min	7.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAN–ORD	Lansing to Chicago	91	81.3%	0.8 min	2.2%
LAN–DTW	Lansing to Detroit	87	88.5%	-1.5 min	0.0%
LAN–DCA	Lansing to Washington	26	42.3%	28.6 min	7.7%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	24.3%	29.3%	541
Late-arriving aircraft	40.3%	37.8%	897
National Aviation System	20.7%	25.9%	460
Extreme weather	14.8%	6.9%	329
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,227 delay minutes on 38 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 LAN on time in May 2025?

78.9% of 204 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 79.1% of 115 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 78.9% and 2.0% in May 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for LAN · methodology · corrections.