OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Burlington to Washington

442 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BTV–IAD arrive on time 81% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate81%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled4.1%of scheduled flights

based on 340 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Republic Airways
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel4.2%
    Flights310
  • United Airlines
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel3.3%
    Flights30

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline29%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Late aircraft54%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline14%
  • Weather36%
  • Air traffic (NAS)50%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 14 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly BTV → IAD

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 76% to 92% on time.

  • Middays92% on time · p90 5 min · 439 flights
  • Mornings90% on time · p90 10 min · 571 flights
  • Afternoons76% on time · p90 50 min · 355 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 83% to 90% on time.

  • Saturdays90% on time · p90 10 min · 178 flights · limited
  • Sundays88% on time · p90 15 min · 181 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 198 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays86% on time · p90 15 min · 212 flights
  • Fridays85% on time · p90 25 min · 219 flights
  • Mondays85% on time · p90 20 min · 228 flights
  • Thursdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 228 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.