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Airport · ALB · Albany, New York

Albany, NY

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Albany, NY (ALB) ranks #93 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Albany, NY posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

80.9%
On-time
Top 78%
on-time, US airports
77 min
Delay when late
1.43%
Cancelled
#93 of 382
Corpus placement
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ALB on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%80.9%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 927,387.

Late Aircraft 38.3% (354,863 min)
Carrier 33.6% (311,572 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 20.5% (190,565 min)
Weather 7.3% (68,137 min)
Security 0.2% (2,250 min)

ALB - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (93.6%) · worst: July (88.2%)

86%88%90%92%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 90.2%

ALB - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 96.3% 90.3% ▼ -6.2%

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

Average taxi-out 15.4 min · taxi-in 4.9 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min Jan 24Dec 25 18.2 min 19.4 min ▲ +6.6%

ALB's average taxi-out (15.4 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 12.6 min (September 2025) to 20.9 min (February 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Albany, NY.

Cancellation Rate

1.43%

1,850 of 129,222 flights

Diversion Rate

0.14%

176 of 129,222 flights

Delay Rate

19.1%

24,704 of 129,222 flights

Top Routes from ALB

Busiest routes to and from Albany, NY.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
BWI (Baltimore) → ALB (Albany) 9,092 76.5% 289 mi
ALB (Albany) → BWI (Baltimore) 9,058 88.4% 289 mi
ALB (Albany) → ORD (Chicago) 7,324 82.4% 723 mi
ORD (Chicago) → ALB (Albany) 7,283 80.4% 723 mi
ALB (Albany) → DTW (Detroit) 7,191 87.8% 489 mi
DTW (Detroit) → ALB (Albany) 7,191 84.1% 489 mi
ALB (Albany) → CLT (Charlotte) 6,366 82.6% 646 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → ALB (Albany) 6,366 79% 646 mi
ALB (Albany) → DCA (Washington) 5,871 75.6% 318 mi
DCA (Washington) → ALB (Albany) 5,871 77% 318 mi
MCO (Orlando) → ALB (Albany) 5,417 78.7% 1,073 mi
ALB (Albany) → MCO (Orlando) 5,409 75.3% 1,073 mi
ALB (Albany) → ATL (Atlanta) 5,403 84.6% 853 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → ALB (Albany) 5,403 79.7% 853 mi
ALB (Albany) → MDW (Chicago) 3,773 84.8% 717 mi
MDW (Chicago) → ALB (Albany) 3,764 72.7% 717 mi
LGA (New York) → ALB (Albany) 2,597 83.7% 136 mi
ALB (Albany) → LGA (New York) 2,595 85.4% 136 mi
FLL (Fort Lauderdale) → ALB (Albany) 1,660 69.9% 1,204 mi
ALB (Albany) → FLL (Fort Lauderdale) 1,630 75% 1,204 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Albany, NY, both outside New York 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: 80.9%).

Fort Myers, FL

Fort Myers, FL

80.9% on-time 420,518 flights

Savannah, GA

Savannah, GA

80.9% on-time 204,730 flights

Fort Wayne, IN

Fort Wayne, IN

80.9% on-time 62,234 flights

Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL

81% on-time 3,114,086 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 129,222).

Fayetteville, AR

Fayetteville, AR

130,348 flights 83.2% on-time

Madison, WI

Madison, WI

127,239 flights 83.1% on-time

Fresno, CA

Fresno, CA

133,263 flights 83% on-time

Little Rock, AR

Little Rock, AR

133,985 flights 81.4% on-time

Other Airports in New York

Compare performance with other New York airports.

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JFK 79.4%

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BUF 80.6%

Buffalo, NY

Buffalo · 221,909 flights
SYR 81.5%

Syracuse, NY

Syracuse · 131,663 flights
ROC 82%

Rochester, NY

Rochester · 126,934 flights
HPN 79.1%

White Plains, NY

White Plains · 117,692 flights
ISP 77.9%

Islip, NY

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ELM 84.5%

Elmira/Corning, NY

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ALB delay-share reading

The standout signal at Albany, NY is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 38.3% of 927,387 delay minutes across 129,222 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 80.9% (1.9 pts above the 79% national average), with 24,704 delayed and 1,850 cancelled (1.43%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (38.3% late-aircraft, 33.6% carrier, 20.5% NAS, 7.3% weather, 0.2% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, ALB is strongest in September (93.6% on-time) and weakest in July (88.2%), a 5.4-point swing. Volume peaks in August (~1,962 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to BWI (Baltimore) at 76.5% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for New York: New York 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 ALB's data

ALB's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from ALB before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 15.4 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.