Which airlines report
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. The rule is 14 CFR Part 234. The threshold was 1 percent until 2018, when it fell to 0.5 percent and several more carriers began reporting.
Carriers on this site
14 carriers reported domestic on-time data in the 12 months to July 2026:
| Code | Reporting carrier | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| WN | Southwest Airlines | 1,389,951 | 75.5% |
| DL | Delta Air Lines | 1,038,644 | 79.9% |
| AA | American Airlines | 987,645 | 72.7% |
| OO | SkyWest Airlines, a regional carrier that operates flights sold by Alaska, American, Delta and United | 854,130 | 77.4% |
| UA | United Airlines | 825,693 | 78.2% |
| YX | Republic Airline, a regional carrier that operates flights sold by American, Delta and United | 363,168 | 75.3% |
| MQ | Envoy Air, a regional carrier that operates American Eagle flights | 317,726 | 78.9% |
| AS | Alaska Airlines | 301,435 | 78.5% |
| OH | PSA Airlines, a regional carrier that operates American Eagle flights | 242,215 | 70.7% |
| B6 | JetBlue Airways | 237,090 | 69.9% |
| F9 | Frontier Airlines | 209,405 | 71.6% |
| G4 | Allegiant Air | 126,499 | 73.3% |
| NK | Spirit Airlines | 117,136 | 69.8% |
| HA | Hawaiian Airlines | 33,121 | 81.2% |
Regional carriers
Many flights sold as American Eagle, Delta Connection, United Express or Alaska are flown by regional carriers under contract. BTS records the carrier that operated the flight, so those flights appear under the regional carrier's own code, for example SkyWest (OO), Republic (YX), Envoy (MQ), PSA (OH) or Endeavor (9E), and not under the brand on the ticket. A large airline's figure on this site therefore covers only the flights it operated itself.
What the files leave out
- Carriers below the revenue threshold, including most small regional and commuter airlines.
- International flights, including those of the reporting carriers. Only flights between points within the United States and its territories are covered.
- Charter, cargo-only and foreign airlines.
- Flights in a month before a carrier started reporting or after it stopped, merged or ceased operations.
Airport totals are therefore smaller than the airport's real traffic, and a route with a non-reporting carrier will show fewer flights than actually operated.
Related: how BTS defines on time, methodology, all airlines.