Albany, NY

What the Data Says About ALB

Albany, NY in Albany, New York handled 129,222 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 80.9% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 24,704 experienced delays, 1,850 were cancelled, and 176 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.43%, the diversion rate to 0.14%, and the average delay when departures run late is 77.0 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing ALB against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at ALB, Late Aircraft leads the pack. Late Aircraft accounts for 38.3% of total delay minutes, followed by Carrier at 33.6% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 20.5%. Weather contributes 7.3% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.2%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, September runs the cleanest at ALB with a 93.6% on-time rate, while July is the roughest at 88.2% — a 5-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in August, when average flights hit 1,962. The busiest route from ALB is to ALB (Albany), with 9,092 flights at a 76.5% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 80.9% on-time, 77.0-minute average delay, 1.43% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Albany, NY.