OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Seattle to Baltimore

2,335 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.5%of scheduled flights

based on 663 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.

  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel0.5%
    Flights571
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights92

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline44%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)20%
  • Late aircraft32%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline67%
  • Weather33%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 3 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 SEA → BWI

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 75% to 79% on time.

  • Overnights79% on time · p90 30 min · 733 flights
  • Mornings78% on time · p90 25 min · 715 flights
  • Middays75% on time · p90 30 min · 364 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 71% to 85% on time.

  • Tuesdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 235 flights
  • Wednesdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 258 flights
  • Saturdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 246 flights
  • Mondays76% on time · p90 30 min · 267 flights
  • Thursdays75% on time · p90 25 min · 269 flights
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 35 min · 268 flights
  • Sundays71% on time · p90 35 min · 269 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.