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78% of flights arrived on time in February 2026, and 2.4% were cancelled. Alaska Airlines was the most punctual airline (82%); JetBlue was the least (62%). The most delayed busy route was CVG → DCA (44% on time).

Airlines

#	Airline	Flights	On time	Year earlier	Cancelled
1	Alaska Airlines	35,698	82%	75%	1.3%
2	United Airlines	109,725	81%	78%	1.7%
3	Southwest Airlines	100,783	81%	83%	1.0%
4	Delta Air Lines	119,090	80%	79%	2.6%
5	Allegiant Air	9,087	77%	74%	0.7%
6	Frontier Airlines	15,056	77%	74%	1.4%
7	American Airlines	149,967	76%	75%	2.9%
8	Spirit Airlines	11,512	63%	80%	8.0%
9	JetBlue	17,871	62%	70%	7.7%

Most delayed routes

Route	Flights	On time
CVG → DCA	160	44%
ORD → ASE	161	45%
DFW → ASE	143	45%
JFK → DCA	224	48%
BOS → PBI	227	50%
CLE → DCA	126	50%
BOS → SJU	178	52%
EWR → DCA	262	52%
LGA → DCA	390	53%
BOS → FLL	343	53%
ASE → ORD	161	53%
FLL → JFK	346	53%
ASE → LAX	179	54%
DCA → LGA	390	55%
DTW → DCA	239	55%
CMH → DCA	163	55%
FLL → BOS	342	55%
FNT → ORD	139	55%
ORD → FNT	139	56%
PHL → SJU	176	56%

Most reliable routes

Route	Flights	On time
MCI → IAH	130	96%
OMA → ATL	142	96%
ONT → SEA	135	96%
TUL → IAH	149	95%
IAH → MCI	130	95%
BOI → PDX	127	94%
MFE → IAH	124	94%
LGB → OAK	135	94%
IAH → CRP	184	94%
MFR → SEA	157	94%
BOI → SEA	367	93%
AUS → IAH	220	93%
RIC → ATL	189	93%
OKC → IAH	199	93%
SJC → SEA	339	93%
SJC → SLC	126	93%
LFT → IAH	137	93%
LAS → SEA	415	93%
IAH → BTR	160	93%
OAK → SEA	160	93%

Airports

Airports with at least 3,000 departures in the month, most punctual first.

#	Airport	Departures	On time	Cancelled
1	IAH Houston Bush Intercontinental	12,654	86%	0.8%
2	SJC San Jose	3,248	86%	0.5%
3	PDX Portland	4,910	86%	0.7%
4	SNA Orange County John Wayne	3,399	85%	0.9%
5	SMF Sacramento	4,049	85%	0.4%
6	SLC Salt Lake City	9,188	85%	1.0%
7	SEA Seattle-Tacoma	12,261	84%	0.8%
8	MCI Kansas City	3,721	84%	1.4%
9	HOU Houston Hobby	3,832	84%	0.7%
10	STL St. Louis Lambert	4,867	83%	1.3%
11	SAN San Diego	7,582	83%	1.0%
12	PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor	15,778	83%	0.7%
13	LAS Las Vegas Harry Reid	12,946	82%	0.9%
14	IAD Washington Dulles	6,177	82%	1.5%
15	DEN Denver	23,046	82%	0.9%
16	MSY New Orleans	4,122	81%	1.8%
17	IND Indianapolis	3,842	81%	2.6%
18	HNL Honolulu	4,464	81%	0.9%
19	AUS Austin-Bergstrom	6,557	81%	1.0%
20	PIT Pittsburgh	3,308	81%	2.9%
21	MDW Chicago Midway	4,615	81%	0.9%
22	CMH John Glenn Columbus	3,404	80%	2.8%
23	SFO San Francisco	10,709	80%	1.3%
24	BWI Baltimore/Washington	6,552	80%	3.6%
25	BNA Nashville	7,733	80%	1.7%
26	LAX Los Angeles LAX	13,990	79%	1.4%
27	MSP Minneapolis-St. Paul	9,018	79%	1.1%
28	CLE Cleveland Hopkins	3,197	79%	2.4%
29	ATL Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson	25,684	79%	1.4%
30	DAL Dallas Love Field	5,163	79%	0.9%
31	RDU Raleigh-Durham	4,562	78%	3.9%
32	DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	22,035	78%	1.3%
33	CLT Charlotte Douglas	17,079	77%	3.6%
34	PHL Philadelphia	8,730	76%	6.0%
35	CVG Cincinnati Northern Kentucky	3,104	76%	2.2%
36	TPA Tampa	6,173	75%	2.3%
37	EWR Newark	10,346	74%	7.9%
38	DTW Detroit Metro	10,247	74%	2.0%
39	MIA Miami	9,304	74%	1.7%
40	ORD Chicago O'Hare	27,514	73%	1.1%
41	LGA LaGuardia	12,663	73%	8.2%
42	RSW Southwest Florida	3,559	72%	2.9%
43	MCO Orlando	13,339	71%	2.6%
44	BOS Boston Logan	10,337	69%	8.1%
45	JFK New York JFK	9,297	69%	8.8%
46	DCA Washington Reagan National	11,437	68%	4.3%
47	FLL Fort Lauderdale	8,251	65%	4.0%

Routes need 120+ flights in the month to be ranked (1,536 were). Figures as published by BTS; frozen 2026-08. Method.

February 2026 report

Airlines

Most delayed routes

Most reliable routes

Airports