Which airports had the most delays and cancellations in 2024?

AUSTIN (KXAN) — One out of every five flights in the U.S. was delayed in 2024, according to federal data.

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) publishes delay and cancellation data for airports across the country.



BTS uses arriving flights when reporting delayed and canceled flights. A flight is considered delayed if it arrives at the gate 15 or more minutes after the scheduled arrival time.Nationwide, more than 7.

5 million flights were scheduled on U.S.-based airlines last year.

Of those, about 5.9 million were on time, accounting for 78.1% of all flights.

Looking for older data? Click here to see flight delays in 2023 or here for data from 2022.Airports with most delays and cancellationsAccording to the BTS data, 1,531,080 flights were delayed nationwide in 2024, about 20.3% of all scheduled domestic flights in the country.

Meanwhile, 102,908 flights were canceled, about 1.4% of the total. That's more than the 88,000 cancelations in 2023, but fewer than 2022 which saw more than 181,000 cancellations.

Florida is particularly prone to delays, with five of the top 10 airports with most delayed arrivals. San Francisco was the worst offender among larger airports, with almost 30% of flights arriving at least 15 minutes late in 2023.Among airports with at least 5,000 scheduled flights, Kahului, Hawaii, had the fewest delays last year, at 12.

2%.Aspen, Colorado, ranked third with most delays, with about 26% of flights arriving late. The airport also had the highest proportion of canceled arrivals among larger airports, with about 4.

3% of scheduled flights canceled.Sarasota, Florida, and Bangor, Maine, also had at least 3% of flights canceled in 2024.Use our interactive database below to see the statistics for a specific airport.

You can search for a specific airport or city using the search feature in the top left. Airports are listed in order of the number of scheduled domestic flights.Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International is the busiest airport in the country, with more than 340,000 domestic arrivals in 2024.

About 81.6% of those arrived on time. Chicago's O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver and Charlotte rounded out the top five busiest airports nationwide in terms of the number of domestic flights.

Airports in TexasBTS tracks arrival flight data for 25 airports across Texas, from major hubs like Dallas/Fort Worth and George Bush Intercontinental in Houston, to regional airports like Lubbock and Abilene.Which airlines had the most delays at Austin's airport in 2024?DFW Airport had the most delays last year, with 23.7% of all arriving flights delayed by at least 15 minutes.

McAllen, Killeen and San Antonio all also had delay rates of at least 23%.Beaumont had the fewest delays, with 81.8% of flights arriving on time and just 14.

5% delayed. Victoria and Brownsville also saw fewer than 17% of flights delayed.Waco had the highest proportion of canceled arrivals, at 2.

8%. College Station ranked second with 2.5% of incoming flights canceled.

El Paso, Abilene and Austin all saw the fewest cancellations, with less than 1% of arriving flights canceled at each of those airports in 2024..