Tri Cities in February 2026

87.0%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 476 domestic departures from Tri Cities (PSC). 87.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.8% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so PSC departures were 8.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 447 departures with 83.2% leaving on time: a change of +3.8 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at PSC that month were on time 82.1% of the time (476 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, extreme weather 38% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 86.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.2%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from PSC in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	PSC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	87.0%	83.2%	88.0%	78.1%
Arrived on time	86.8%	79.2%	86.7%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.2%	0.5%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.1 min	16.0 min	12.2 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	15	17	17,168
Scheduled departures	476	447	6,190	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	371	78%	85.7%	-0.4 min	0.5%
AS Alaska Airlines	28	6%	92.9%	-14.1 min	3.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	28	6%	96.4%	-0.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	28	6%	85.7%	-0.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	21	4%	85.7%	0.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PSC–SEA	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Seattle	137	87.6%	1.9 min	1.5%
PSC–SLC	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Salt Lake City	78	88.5%	-1.7 min	0.0%
PSC–DEN	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Denver	56	80.4%	4.4 min	0.0%
PSC–PHX	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Phoenix	56	94.6%	-11.6 min	0.0%
PSC–SFO	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to San Francisco	46	80.4%	1.4 min	0.0%
PSC–BUR	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Burbank	28	82.1%	8.1 min	3.6%
PSC–MSP	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Minneapolis	28	96.4%	-21.9 min	0.0%
PSC–LAX	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Los Angeles	26	80.8%	2.0 min	0.0%
PSC–AZA	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Phoenix	8	100.0%	-3.2 min	0.0%
PSC–LAS	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Las Vegas	8	87.5%	-10.1 min	0.0%
PSC–SNA	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Santa Ana	5	60.0%	24.6 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	38.9%	38.2%	2,235
Late-arriving aircraft	10.6%	37.2%	608
National Aviation System	12.9%	18.5%	743
Extreme weather	37.5%	6.0%	2,154
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,740 delay minutes on 58 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 PSC on time in February 2026?

87.0% of 476 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 83.2% of 447 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 87.0% and 0.6% in February 2026.

Provenance

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