OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Baltimore to Birmingham

682 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BWI–BHM arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.5%of scheduled flights

based on 131 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel1.5%
    Flights131

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline23%
  • Weather20%
  • Air traffic (NAS)31%
  • Late aircraft26%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather100%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 2 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 BWI → BHM

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 65% to 85% on time.

  • Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 312 flights
  • Middays81% on time · p90 20 min · 387 flights
  • Afternoons65% on time · p90 55 min · 295 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 84% on time.

  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 30 min · 156 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays83% on time · p90 20 min · 156 flights · limited
  • Thursdays78% on time · p90 30 min · 157 flights · limited
  • Sundays75% on time · p90 25 min · 169 flights · limited
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 35 min · 157 flights · limited
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 35 min · 156 flights · limited

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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.