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Airport · ACT · Waco, Texas

Waco, TX

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Waco, TX (ACT) ranks #224 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Waco, TX posts above-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

85.4%
On-time
Top 29%
on-time, US airports
80 min
Delay when late
1.96%
Cancelled
#224 of 382
Corpus placement
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ACT on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%85.4%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 102,962.

Late Aircraft 28.1% (28,900 min)
Carrier 42.6% (43,864 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 12.2% (12,585 min)
Weather 16.8% (17,292 min)
Security 0.3% (321 min)

ACT - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: March (95.2%) · worst: June (89.3%)

88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 93.5%

ACT - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 95.8% 90.2% ▼ -5.8%

ACT - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 15.2 min · taxi-in 4.2 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

12 min14 min16 min18 min Jan 24Dec 25 15.7 min 14.9 min ▼ -5.1%

ACT's average taxi-out (15.2 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 12.6 min (June 2024) to 17.4 min (September 2024).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Waco, TX.

Cancellation Rate

1.96%

302 of 15,417 flights

Diversion Rate

0.01%

2 of 15,417 flights

Delay Rate

14.6%

2,257 of 15,417 flights

Top Routes from ACT

Busiest routes to and from Waco, TX.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → ACT (Waco) 7,708 84.8% 89 mi
ACT (Waco) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 7,707 82.6% 89 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Waco, TX, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 85.4%).

Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis, MN

85.4% on-time 1,406,487 flights

Petersburg, AK

Petersburg, AK

85.4% on-time 8,696 flights

Yakutat, AK

Yakutat, AK

85.4% on-time 8,692 flights

Cheyenne, WY

Cheyenne, WY

85.4% on-time 5,577 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 15,417).

Manhattan/Ft. Riley, KS

Manhattan/Ft. Riley, KS

15,042 flights 85.2% on-time

Fort Smith, AR

Fort Smith, AR

14,933 flights 85.8% on-time

Sitka, AK

Sitka, AK

14,900 flights 82.7% on-time

Grand Forks, ND

Grand Forks, ND

14,798 flights 86.6% on-time

Other Airports in Texas

Compare performance with other Texas airports.

DFW 78.5%

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

Dallas/Fort Worth · 3,395,134 flights
IAH 81.6%

Houston, TX

Houston · 1,404,392 flights
AUS 79.3%

Austin, TX

Austin · 909,441 flights
DAL 77.6%

Dallas, TX

Dallas · 791,209 flights
HOU 79.4%

Houston, TX

Houston · 618,821 flights
SAT 81.7%

San Antonio, TX

San Antonio · 419,736 flights
ELP 81.4%

El Paso, TX

El Paso · 186,225 flights
MAF 82.9%

Midland/Odessa, TX

Midland/Odessa · 100,719 flights

ACT delay-share reading

The standout signal at Waco, TX is the delay mix: Carrier owns 42.6% of 102,962 delay minutes across 15,417 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 85.4% (6.4 pts above the 79% national average), with 2,257 delayed and 302 cancelled (1.96%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (28.1% late-aircraft, 42.6% carrier, 12.2% NAS, 16.8% weather, 0.3% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, ACT is strongest in March (95.2% on-time) and weakest in June (89.3%), a 5.9-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~229 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) at 84.8% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Texas: Texas flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using ACT's data

ACT's on-time book is stronger than most peers; the remaining risk sits in the delay mix, not a weak headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from ACT before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in March rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 15.2 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.