On-Time Report

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Airport month · March 2026

Rhode Island Tf Green International in March 2026

76.5%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,261 domestic departures from Rhode Island Tf Green International (PVD). 76.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.4% reached their destination on time; 3.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so PVD departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 1,253 departures with 81.9% leaving on time: a change of −5.4 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at PVD that month were on time 67.5% of the time (1,263 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 24%.

Every scheduled departure from PVD in March 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

MeasureMar 2026Mar 2025PVD, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time76.5%81.9%78.3%72.8%
Arrived on time74.4%81.3%76.9%73.2%
Cancelled3.5%1.9%2.8%2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)18.9 min12.6 min16.5 min20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day42424320,403
Scheduled departures1,2611,25315,595612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines38831%82.5%2.7 min2.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways26121%73.9%6.3 min1.5%
AA American Airlines18715%77.5%19.4 min0.5%
OH PSA Airlines12510%63.2%14.8 min11.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines12210%62.3%16.1 min6.6%
DL Delta Air Lines897%78.7%-3.4 min6.7%
MQ Envoy Air585%69.0%15.0 min5.2%
YX Republic Airline181%50.0%31.9 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air131%46.2%17.9 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PVD–DCAProvidence to Washington19863.6%15.1 min6.6%
PVD–ORDProvidence to Chicago15569.0%20.0 min5.2%
PVD–BWIProvidence to Baltimore14985.2%-0.6 min1.3%
PVD–CLTProvidence to Charlotte11879.7%2.5 min2.5%
PVD–MCOProvidence to Orlando11076.4%1.0 min1.8%
PVD–ATLProvidence to Atlanta8978.7%-3.4 min6.7%
PVD–MDWProvidence to Chicago7777.9%5.4 min3.9%
PVD–DTWProvidence to Detroit6261.3%25.1 min6.5%
PVD–FLLProvidence to Fort Lauderdale5759.6%15.7 min1.8%
PVD–PBIProvidence to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach5176.5%1.9 min3.9%
PVD–BNAProvidence to Nashville3180.6%13.5 min0.0%
PVD–JFKProvidence to New York3193.5%-17.9 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Mar 2026Minutes
Air carrier33.8%33.5%7,578
Late-arriving aircraft40.6%39.3%9,095
National Aviation System24.2%21.0%5,415
Extreme weather1.5%5.9%326
Security0.0%0.2%0
22,414 delay minutes on 274 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 March 2026?

76.5% of 1,261 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 81.9% of 1,253 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 76.5% and 3.5% in March 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2026; 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.