OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Buffalo to Baltimore

281 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BUF–BWI arrive on time 84% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate84%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay20 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.6%of scheduled flights

based on 1,732 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time84%
    Medianon time
    p9020 min
    Cancel1.6%
    Flights1,732

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline24%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)28%
  • Late aircraft47%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline4%
  • Weather96%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 27 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 BUF → BWI

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

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 93% on time.

  • Mornings93% on time · p90 5 min · 1,992 flights
  • Middays87% on time · p90 15 min · 1,377 flights
  • Afternoons76% on time · p90 35 min · 1,066 flights
  • Evenings69% on time · p90 50 min · 700 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 82% to 89% on time.

  • Tuesdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 769 flights
  • Wednesdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 765 flights
  • Saturdays87% on time · p90 15 min · 595 flights
  • Fridays83% on time · p90 25 min · 783 flights
  • Sundays82% on time · p90 25 min · 699 flights
  • Mondays82% on time · p90 25 min · 779 flights
  • Thursdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 773 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.