Tallahassee International in May 2026

81.7%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 421 domestic departures from Tallahassee International (TLH). 81.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.1% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so TLH departures were 4.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 380 departures with 84.7% leaving on time: a change of −3.0 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at TLH that month were on time 78.9% of the time (421 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 78.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.7%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from TLH in May 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	TLH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	81.7%	84.7%	82.0%	77.1%
Arrived on time	78.1%	81.8%	80.4%	77.6%
Cancelled	1.7%	2.6%	2.2%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.0 min	11.2 min	17.0 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	13	13	20,391
Scheduled departures	421	380	4,644	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	201	48%	82.1%	5.3 min	1.0%
OH PSA Airlines	124	29%	71.8%	16.2 min	3.2%
MQ Envoy Air	93	22%	80.6%	2.1 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	3	1%	0.0%	250.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TLH–ATL	Tallahassee to Atlanta	201	82.1%	5.3 min	1.0%
TLH–MIA	Tallahassee to Miami	95	78.9%	4.3 min	1.1%
TLH–DFW	Tallahassee to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	72.0%	19.9 min	4.3%
TLH–DCA	Tallahassee to Washington	31	71.0%	5.3 min	0.0%
TLH–CLT	Tallahassee to Charlotte	1	0.0%	548.0 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	50.5%	33.0%	3,921
Late-arriving aircraft	34.3%	40.4%	2,663
National Aviation System	11.9%	20.5%	925
Extreme weather	3.3%	6.0%	254
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

7,763 delay minutes on 83 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 TLH on time in May 2026?

81.7% of 421 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 84.7% of 380 departures left on time and 2.6% were cancelled, against 81.7% and 1.7% in May 2026.

Provenance

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