Findings from the BTS on-time record

Each finding answers one question about all US flights with a table. A program writes the sentences from the figures with fixed rules. The tables put routes, states and airlines in the order of their flights. Each month, the edition of October 2026 keeps the first rows of each table. Every edition.

The 50 routes with the most flights, 12 months to July 2026New York (LGA) to Chicago (ORD) had the most scheduled flights in the 12 months to July 2026: 11,611, about 32 a day.
Scheduled departures by state, 12 months to July 2026Texas had the most scheduled departures in the 12 months to July 2026: 749,957, 10.7% of the departures at airports that have a page.
Reporting airlines by scheduled flights, 12 months to July 2026Southwest Airlines (WN) had the most scheduled flights in the 12 months to July 2026: 1,389,951, 19.7% of the flights of all reporting airlines.
Delay causes by month, August 2024 to July 2026Airlines gave 39.7% of the delay minutes to the BTS category "Late-arriving aircraft" in the 12 months to July 2026.
Flights by scheduled departure hour, 12 months to July 2026The hour from 7 am to 8 am had the most scheduled flights in the 12 months to July 2026: 522,173, 7.4% of all flights.