Capital Region International in December 2025

65.0%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 143 domestic departures from Capital Region International (LAN). 65.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 57.3% reached their destination on time; 4.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so LAN departures were 7.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 94 departures with 80.9% leaving on time: a change of −15.9 points, with flights up 52%.

Flights arriving at LAN that month were on time 52.8% of the time (144 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 46%, air carrier 27% and late-arriving aircraft 18%.

On time 57.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 38.5%
Cancelled 4.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	LAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	65.0%	80.9%	75.7%	72.0%
Arrived on time	57.3%	69.1%	73.6%	71.9%
Cancelled	4.2%	1.1%	2.8%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	39.2 min	14.8 min	28.4 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	3	5	19,410
Scheduled departures	143	94	1,904	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	62	43%	74.2%	7.9 min	4.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	61	43%	49.2%	62.3 min	1.6%
OH PSA Airlines	20	14%	30.0%	39.1 min	10.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAN–ORD	Lansing to Chicago	62	74.2%	7.9 min	4.8%
LAN–DTW	Lansing to Detroit	61	49.2%	62.3 min	1.6%
LAN–DCA	Lansing to Washington	20	30.0%	39.1 min	10.0%

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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	27.0%	33.3%	1,541
Late-arriving aircraft	17.5%	41.1%	999
National Aviation System	9.8%	19.1%	559
Extreme weather	45.8%	6.4%	2,617
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,716 delay minutes on 55 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 December 2025?

65.0% of 143 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 57.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 80.9% of 94 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 65.0% and 4.2% in December 2025.

Provenance

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