On-Time Report

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Airport month · September 2025

Rhode Island Tf Green International in September 2025

86.3%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,318 domestic departures from Rhode Island Tf Green International (PVD). 86.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.2% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so PVD departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 1,352 departures with 88.7% leaving on time: a change of −2.4 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at PVD that month were on time 82.1% of the time (1,316 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 24%.

Every scheduled departure from PVD in September 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

MeasureSep 2025Sep 2024PVD, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time86.3%88.7%78.3%83.1%
Arrived on time83.2%87.7%76.9%82.8%
Cancelled0.5%0.4%2.8%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)10.6 min8.9 min16.5 min12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day44454318,748
Scheduled departures1,3181,35215,595562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines46435%89.4%-1.7 min0.0%
AA American Airlines27721%83.8%8.9 min0.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways14711%83.0%4.2 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines13010%73.1%4.6 min1.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines1249%69.4%7.7 min0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines1078%88.8%-5.4 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline312%83.9%-1.5 min3.2%
UA United Airlines302%80.0%-1.7 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air81%25.0%38.8 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PVD–DCAProvidence to Washington22277.9%4.2 min0.9%
PVD–BWIProvidence to Baltimore17289.5%0.9 min0.0%
PVD–CLTProvidence to Charlotte12989.1%-7.4 min0.8%
PVD–ORDProvidence to Chicago12468.5%12.5 min0.8%
PVD–MCOProvidence to Orlando9285.9%1.3 min0.0%
PVD–MDWProvidence to Chicago8694.2%-5.6 min0.0%
PVD–PHLProvidence to Philadelphia8478.6%30.2 min1.2%
PVD–ATLProvidence to Atlanta8292.7%-6.8 min0.0%
PVD–DTWProvidence to Detroit8279.3%-1.0 min0.0%
PVD–TPAProvidence to Tampa5290.4%-4.4 min0.0%
PVD–BNAProvidence to Nashville30100.0%-9.1 min0.0%
PVD–DENProvidence to Denver3083.3%-2.0 min0.0%

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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2025Minutes
Air carrier29.6%34.3%4,065
Late-arriving aircraft40.8%37.4%5,603
National Aviation System23.9%22.6%3,277
Extreme weather5.7%5.6%777
Security0.0%0.1%0
13,722 delay minutes on 210 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 PVD on time in September 2025?

86.3% of 1,318 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 88.7% of 1,352 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 86.3% and 0.5% in September 2025.

Provenance

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