Capital Region International in May 2026

73.8%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 130 domestic departures from Capital Region International (LAN). 73.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.2% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so LAN departures were 3.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 204 departures with 78.9% leaving on time: a change of −5.1 points, with flights down 36%.

Flights arriving at LAN that month were on time 73.6% of the time (129 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 76.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.3%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from LAN 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	LAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	73.8%	78.9%	75.7%	77.1%
Arrived on time	76.2%	79.4%	73.6%	77.6%
Cancelled	1.5%	2.0%	2.8%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.4 min	11.9 min	28.4 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	7	5	20,391
Scheduled departures	130	204	1,904	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	62	48%	75.8%	3.3 min	3.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	42	32%	76.2%	14.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	26	20%	76.9%	10.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAN–ORD	Lansing to Chicago	62	75.8%	3.3 min	3.2%
LAN–DTW	Lansing to Detroit	42	76.2%	14.4 min	0.0%
LAN–DCA	Lansing to Washington	26	76.9%	10.9 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	51.8%	33.0%	1,290
Late-arriving aircraft	30.0%	40.4%	746
National Aviation System	12.8%	20.5%	318
Extreme weather	5.5%	6.0%	136
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,490 delay minutes on 29 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 2026?

73.8% of 130 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.2% 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, 78.9% of 204 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 73.8% and 1.5% 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 LAN · methodology · corrections.