Manchester Boston Regional in March 2026

78.3%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 429 domestic departures from Manchester Boston Regional (MHT). 78.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.1% reached their destination on time; 2.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so MHT departures were 5.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 459 departures with 79.3% leaving on time: a change of −1.0 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at MHT that month were on time 69.4% of the time (428 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 78.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
Cancelled 2.8%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from MHT in March 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	MHT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	78.3%	79.3%	80.2%	72.8%
Arrived on time	78.1%	79.1%	79.0%	73.2%
Cancelled	2.8%	2.8%	2.3%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.7 min	20.3 min	15.7 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	15	16	20,403
Scheduled departures	429	459	5,994	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	212	49%	88.2%	-1.4 min	0.5%
OH PSA Airlines	155	36%	65.8%	24.5 min	5.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways	62	14%	74.2%	0.1 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MHT–BWI	Manchester to Baltimore	145	91.0%	-1.5 min	0.0%
MHT–DCA	Manchester to Washington	93	63.4%	36.6 min	6.5%
MHT–MCO	Manchester to Orlando	67	74.6%	-2.5 min	3.0%
MHT–CLT	Manchester to Charlotte	62	69.4%	6.7 min	4.8%
MHT–MDW	Manchester to Chicago	31	93.5%	-6.6 min	0.0%
MHT–FLL	Manchester to Fort Lauderdale	18	77.8%	-4.7 min	5.6%
MHT–RSW	Manchester to Fort Myers	13	61.5%	29.3 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	31.4%	33.5%	2,317
Late-arriving aircraft	45.0%	39.3%	3,318
National Aviation System	22.0%	21.0%	1,625
Extreme weather	1.6%	5.9%	118
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,378 delay minutes on 80 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 March 2026?

78.3% of 429 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 79.3% of 459 departures left on time and 2.8% were cancelled, against 78.3% and 2.8% in March 2026.

Provenance

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