Rhode Island Tf Green International in December 2025

74.0%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,252 domestic departures from Rhode Island Tf Green International (PVD). 74.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.8% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so PVD departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 1,304 departures with 82.4% leaving on time: a change of −8.4 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at PVD that month were on time 67.0% of the time (1,249 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 26%.

On time 70.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.3%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	PVD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	74.0%	82.4%	78.3%	72.0%
Arrived on time	70.8%	79.6%	76.9%	71.9%
Cancelled	1.7%	0.2%	2.8%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.5 min	14.8 min	16.5 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	42	44	43	19,410
Scheduled departures	1,252	1,304	15,595	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	439	35%	74.3%	8.8 min	0.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways	225	18%	65.8%	15.8 min	2.2%
AA American Airlines	161	13%	82.6%	6.7 min	0.6%
OH PSA Airlines	152	12%	61.2%	27.0 min	2.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	108	9%	54.6%	49.4 min	4.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	105	8%	81.0%	-1.4 min	3.8%
MQ Envoy Air	24	2%	66.7%	20.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	15	1%	60.0%	16.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	14	1%	78.6%	10.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	9	1%	77.8%	34.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PVD–DCA	Providence to Washington	191	67.0%	21.2 min	1.6%
PVD–BWI	Providence to Baltimore	156	77.6%	6.6 min	1.3%
PVD–MCO	Providence to Orlando	156	64.1%	15.3 min	0.6%
PVD–ORD	Providence to Chicago	133	63.2%	34.8 min	3.0%
PVD–CLT	Providence to Charlotte	125	76.0%	12.6 min	0.0%
PVD–ATL	Providence to Atlanta	86	80.2%	-0.5 min	2.3%
PVD–DTW	Providence to Detroit	63	69.8%	18.6 min	6.3%
PVD–FLL	Providence to Fort Lauderdale	45	64.4%	19.0 min	2.2%
PVD–TPA	Providence to Tampa	41	73.2%	12.0 min	0.0%
PVD–MDW	Providence to Chicago	40	80.0%	-0.1 min	0.0%
PVD–PHL	Providence to Philadelphia	35	85.7%	1.5 min	2.9%
PVD–PBI	Providence to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	33	54.5%	31.6 min	0.0%

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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.1%	33.3%	8,348
Late-arriving aircraft	40.1%	41.1%	10,424
National Aviation System	25.6%	19.1%	6,664
Extreme weather	1.8%	6.4%	476
Security	0.3%	0.2%	74

25,986 delay minutes on 342 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 PVD on time in December 2025?

74.0% of 1,252 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 82.4% of 1,304 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 74.0% and 1.7% in December 2025.

Provenance

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