OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Baltimore to Seattle

2,335 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BWI–SEA arrive on time 67% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate67%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.6%of scheduled flights

based on 625 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights92
  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time66%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel0.8%
    Flights533

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline17%
  • Weather14%
  • Air traffic (NAS)32%
  • Late aircraft36%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly BWI → SEA

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 63% to 77% on time.

  • Mornings77% on time · p90 40 min · 645 flights
  • Afternoons71% on time · p90 75 min · 173 flights · limited
  • Evenings63% on time · p90 45 min · 935 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 64% to 75% on time.

  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 35 min · 235 flights
  • Wednesdays71% on time · p90 45 min · 249 flights
  • Thursdays70% on time · p90 40 min · 260 flights
  • Sundays68% on time · p90 60 min · 263 flights
  • Saturdays68% on time · p90 45 min · 241 flights
  • Mondays66% on time · p90 45 min · 262 flights
  • Fridays64% on time · p90 50 min · 261 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.