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Airport month · August 2025

Miami International in August 2025

68.0%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 8,731 domestic departures from Miami International (MIA). 68.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.8% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so MIA departures were 8.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 8,459 departures with 60.1% leaving on time: a change of +7.9 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at MIA that month were on time 71.2% of the time (8,725 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 20%.

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

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

MeasureAug 2025Aug 2024MIA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time68.0%60.1%72.9%76.8%
Arrived on time66.8%59.8%72.3%76.3%
Cancelled0.9%4.1%1.6%1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)25.4 min32.6 min19.7 min17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day29128230520,079
Scheduled departures8,7318,459111,186602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines5,12159%63.5%21.6 min0.9%
MQ Envoy Air96011%77.2%4.0 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines87710%71.0%15.7 min1.4%
UA United Airlines4705%68.5%18.4 min0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines3914%69.8%17.7 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines3814%67.5%17.5 min1.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines3354%71.0%19.0 min2.4%
YX Republic Airline1342%67.2%22.4 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines310%41.9%23.3 min3.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways310%80.6%-9.6 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MIA–ATLMiami to Atlanta49963.3%23.2 min1.0%
MIA–LGAMiami to New York49569.1%16.2 min1.4%
MIA–DFWMiami to Dallas/Fort Worth41860.5%21.9 min3.1%
MIA–JFKMiami to New York37668.6%19.1 min1.3%
MIA–MCOMiami to Orlando35761.9%22.6 min0.6%
MIA–DCAMiami to Washington33672.9%10.6 min0.6%
MIA–ORDMiami to Chicago33361.6%19.8 min1.8%
MIA–EWRMiami to Newark30568.5%18.0 min0.7%
MIA–IAHMiami to Houston30066.3%19.0 min1.0%
MIA–CLTMiami to Charlotte29373.4%13.3 min1.4%
MIA–BOSMiami to Boston28769.7%14.7 min0.7%
MIA–PHLMiami to Philadelphia26874.6%19.3 min0.4%

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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2025Minutes
Air carrier29.7%33.1%63,621
Late-arriving aircraft43.5%40.5%93,084
National Aviation System19.7%19.2%42,270
Extreme weather6.9%7.0%14,672
Security0.2%0.1%491
214,138 delay minutes on 2,797 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 August 2025?

68.0% of 8,731 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 60.1% of 8,459 departures left on time and 4.1% were cancelled, against 68.0% and 0.9% in August 2025.

Provenance

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