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Airport · BHM · Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham, AL

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Birmingham, AL (BHM) ranks #76 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Birmingham, AL posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

81.5%
On-time
Top 73%
on-time, US airports
74 min
Delay when late
1.14%
Cancelled
#76 of 382
Corpus placement
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BHM on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%81.5%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 1,128,542.

Late Aircraft 43.9% (495,432 min)
Carrier 32.3% (364,248 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 16.5% (186,409 min)
Weather 7.1% (80,589 min)
Security 0.2% (1,864 min)

BHM - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: November (93.9%) · worst: July (88.5%)

88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 91%

BHM - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 95.7% 90.5% ▼ -5.4%

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

Average taxi-out 15.4 min · taxi-in 5.1 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

14 min15 min16 min17 min18 min Jan 24Dec 25 16.2 min 15 min ▼ -7.4%

BHM's average taxi-out (15.4 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 14.3 min (March 2025) to 16.9 min (September 2024).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Birmingham, AL.

Cancellation Rate

1.14%

2,031 of 178,467 flights

Diversion Rate

0.13%

238 of 178,467 flights

Delay Rate

18.5%

33,077 of 178,467 flights

Top Routes from BHM

Busiest routes to and from Birmingham, AL.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ATL (Atlanta) → BHM (Birmingham) 16,520 86.4% 134 mi
BHM (Birmingham) → ATL (Atlanta) 16,512 90.7% 134 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → BHM (Birmingham) 11,809 81% 350 mi
BHM (Birmingham) → CLT (Charlotte) 11,795 83.8% 350 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → BHM (Birmingham) 11,643 76.1% 597 mi
BHM (Birmingham) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 11,634 77.9% 597 mi
DEN (Denver) → BHM (Birmingham) 5,972 72.4% 1,083 mi
BHM (Birmingham) → DEN (Denver) 5,958 81.3% 1,083 mi
BHM (Birmingham) → DAL (Dallas) 4,745 82.3% 587 mi
DAL (Dallas) → BHM (Birmingham) 4,742 74.7% 587 mi
DCA (Washington) → BHM (Birmingham) 4,679 76.9% 653 mi
BHM (Birmingham) → DCA (Washington) 4,677 81.6% 653 mi
BHM (Birmingham) → MCO (Orlando) 3,788 79.7% 479 mi
MCO (Orlando) → BHM (Birmingham) 3,751 77.3% 479 mi
BHM (Birmingham) → MIA (Miami) 3,706 82% 661 mi
MIA (Miami) → BHM (Birmingham) 3,704 77.5% 661 mi
BHM (Birmingham) → ORD (Chicago) 3,672 81.3% 584 mi
ORD (Chicago) → BHM (Birmingham) 3,664 81.3% 584 mi
BHM (Birmingham) → IAH (Houston) 2,905 83.1% 562 mi
IAH (Houston) → BHM (Birmingham) 2,876 83% 562 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Birmingham, AL, both outside Alabama 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: 81.5%).

Syracuse, NY

Syracuse, NY

81.5% on-time 131,663 flights

South Bend, IN

South Bend, IN

81.5% on-time 72,322 flights

Charlotte Amalie, VI

Charlotte Amalie, VI

81.5% on-time 61,916 flights

Charleston/Dunbar, WV

Charleston/Dunbar, WV

81.5% on-time 36,162 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 178,467).

Sarasota/Bradenton, FL

Sarasota/Bradenton, FL

177,587 flights 79.5% on-time

Kona, HI

Kona, HI

177,017 flights 86.3% on-time

Tulsa, OK

Tulsa, OK

182,147 flights 82.9% on-time

Long Beach, CA

Long Beach, CA

174,755 flights 83.2% on-time

Other Airports in Alabama

Compare performance with other Alabama airports.

HSV 82.6%

Huntsville, AL

Huntsville · 91,787 flights
MOB 85.2%

Mobile, AL

Mobile · 33,438 flights
MGM 82.3%

Montgomery, AL

Montgomery · 30,016 flights
DHN 88.1%

Dothan, AL

Dothan · 8,886 flights
GUF 81.8%

Gulf Shores, AL

Gulf Shores · 654 flights

BHM delay-share reading

The standout signal at Birmingham, AL is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 43.9% of 1,128,542 delay minutes across 178,467 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 81.5% (2.5 pts above the 79% national average), with 33,077 delayed and 2,031 cancelled (1.14%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (43.9% late-aircraft, 32.3% carrier, 16.5% NAS, 7.1% 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, BHM is strongest in November (93.9% on-time) and weakest in July (88.5%), a 5.4-point swing. Volume peaks in October (~2,697 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ATL (Atlanta) at 86.4% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Alabama: Alabama 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 BHM's data

BHM'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 BHM before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in November 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.