Manchester Boston Regional in December 2025

77.0%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 469 domestic departures from Manchester Boston Regional (MHT). 77.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.0% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so MHT departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 426 departures with 81.7% leaving on time: a change of −4.7 points, with flights up 10%.

Flights arriving at MHT that month were on time 68.2% of the time (469 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, national aviation system 26% and air carrier 24%.

On time 71.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.4%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MHT 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	MHT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	77.0%	81.7%	80.2%	72.0%
Arrived on time	71.0%	81.7%	79.0%	71.9%
Cancelled	2.6%	0.5%	2.3%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.0 min	15.0 min	15.7 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	14	16	19,410
Scheduled departures	469	426	5,994	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	230	49%	78.3%	6.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	177	38%	63.8%	23.5 min	6.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	62	13%	64.5%	17.1 min	1.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MHT–BWI	Manchester to Baltimore	153	83.0%	4.1 min	0.0%
MHT–CLT	Manchester to Charlotte	90	66.7%	24.3 min	6.7%
MHT–DCA	Manchester to Washington	87	60.9%	22.7 min	5.7%
MHT–MCO	Manchester to Orlando	66	68.2%	10.8 min	0.0%
MHT–MDW	Manchester to Chicago	29	72.4%	5.9 min	0.0%
MHT–FLL	Manchester to Fort Lauderdale	18	38.9%	46.7 min	5.6%
MHT–RSW	Manchester to Fort Myers	13	76.9%	5.6 min	0.0%
MHT–TPA	Manchester to Tampa	13	76.9%	19.9 min	0.0%

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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	24.2%	33.3%	2,105
Late-arriving aircraft	48.3%	41.1%	4,206
National Aviation System	26.4%	19.1%	2,301
Extreme weather	1.1%	6.4%	97
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,709 delay minutes on 124 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 MHT on time in December 2025?

77.0% of 469 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.0% 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, 81.7% of 426 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 77.0% and 2.6% 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 MHT · methodology · corrections.