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Airport month · January 2025

Miami International in January 2025

76.2%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 10,182 domestic departures from Miami International (MIA). 76.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.9% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so MIA departures were 3.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 10,214 departures with 67.4% leaving on time: a change of +8.8 points, with flights down 0%.

Flights arriving at MIA that month were on time 76.5% of the time (10,184 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 20%.

Every scheduled departure from MIA in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

MeasureJan 2025Jan 2024MIA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time76.2%67.4%72.9%79.3%
Arrived on time75.9%66.1%72.3%78.6%
Cancelled2.1%2.5%1.6%3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)15.7 min22.4 min19.7 min14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day33934130517,992
Scheduled departures10,18210,214111,186539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines5,51254%76.4%4.9 min1.9%
MQ Envoy Air1,51715%80.2%-0.6 min3.9%
DL Delta Air Lines98210%70.3%17.9 min1.6%
UA United Airlines7027%77.8%5.9 min1.1%
WN Southwest Airlines4184%80.1%2.0 min2.9%
NK Spirit Airlines3824%72.0%9.2 min2.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines3263%67.5%14.7 min1.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways1521%60.5%21.5 min3.3%
YX Republic Airline1241%74.2%6.5 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines671%71.6%3.9 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MIA–LGAMiami to New York57271.5%7.8 min0.7%
MIA–ATLMiami to Atlanta54569.5%16.6 min4.2%
MIA–JFKMiami to New York44972.4%10.5 min0.7%
MIA–EWRMiami to Newark42678.4%4.4 min0.7%
MIA–ORDMiami to Chicago40982.4%-1.0 min0.2%
MIA–DFWMiami to Dallas/Fort Worth39074.6%6.5 min4.1%
MIA–DCAMiami to Washington36876.1%-0.7 min5.4%
MIA–BOSMiami to Boston34974.5%10.8 min1.1%
MIA–CLTMiami to Charlotte32683.7%-3.4 min2.5%
MIA–MCOMiami to Orlando32578.5%4.7 min0.6%
MIA–IAHMiami to Houston32267.4%14.0 min4.7%
MIA–TPAMiami to Tampa30477.0%5.6 min0.3%

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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2025Minutes
Air carrier41.6%36.2%58,513
Late-arriving aircraft36.0%34.7%50,630
National Aviation System20.0%19.9%28,211
Extreme weather2.2%9.1%3,123
Security0.2%0.2%229
140,706 delay minutes on 2,214 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left MIA on time in January 2025?

76.2% of 10,182 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 67.4% of 10,214 departures left on time and 2.5% were cancelled, against 76.2% and 2.1% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MIA · methodology · corrections.