Capital Region International in January 2026

65.5%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 165 domestic departures from Capital Region International (LAN). 65.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 57.6% reached their destination on time; 3.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so LAN departures were 10.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 106 departures with 71.7% leaving on time: a change of −6.2 points, with flights up 56%.

Flights arriving at LAN that month were on time 57.0% of the time (165 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 61%, late-arriving aircraft 23% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 57.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 38.2%
Cancelled 3.6%
Diverted 0.6%

Every scheduled departure from LAN in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	LAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	65.5%	71.7%	75.7%	75.6%
Arrived on time	57.6%	61.3%	73.6%	75.3%
Cancelled	3.6%	4.7%	2.8%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	56.9 min	45.5 min	28.4 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	4	5	18,133
Scheduled departures	165	106	1,904	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	83	50%	51.8%	74.7 min	2.4%
MQ Envoy Air	60	36%	68.3%	20.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	22	13%	50.0%	78.7 min	18.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAN–DTW	Lansing to Detroit	83	51.8%	74.7 min	2.4%
LAN–ORD	Lansing to Chicago	60	68.3%	20.1 min	0.0%
LAN–DCA	Lansing to Washington	22	50.0%	78.7 min	18.2%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	61.2%	37.3%	6,009
Late-arriving aircraft	22.6%	35.0%	2,217
National Aviation System	10.4%	18.0%	1,023
Extreme weather	5.8%	9.6%	569
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,818 delay minutes on 63 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 January 2026?

65.5% of 165 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 57.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 71.7% of 106 departures left on time and 4.7% were cancelled, against 65.5% and 3.6% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.