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Airport · BTV · Burlington, Vermont

Burlington, VT

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Burlington, VT (BTV) ranks #118 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Burlington, VT 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

83.4%
On-time
Top 50%
on-time, US airports
89 min
Delay when late
1.65%
Cancelled
#118 of 382
Corpus placement
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BTV on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%83.4%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 640,675.

Late Aircraft 32.7% (209,404 min)
Carrier 35.0% (224,064 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 21.7% (138,952 min)
Weather 10.5% (67,012 min)
Security 0.2% (1,243 min)

BTV - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: November (94.6%) · worst: July (89.9%)

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

BTV - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 95.8% 89.9% ▼ -6.2%

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

Average taxi-out 21.1 min · taxi-in 6.2 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min35 min Jan 24Dec 25 25.3 min 33 min ▲ +30.4%

BTV's average taxi-out (21.1 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is December 2025 at 33.0 min; the lightest is June 2024 at 16.4 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Burlington, VT.

Cancellation Rate

1.65%

1,313 of 79,685 flights

Diversion Rate

0.13%

104 of 79,685 flights

Delay Rate

16.6%

13,216 of 79,685 flights

Top Routes from BTV

Busiest routes to and from Burlington, VT.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
BTV (Burlington) → DCA (Washington) 5,806 77.4% 437 mi
DCA (Washington) → BTV (Burlington) 5,775 80.7% 437 mi
JFK (New York) → BTV (Burlington) 5,079 80.3% 266 mi
BTV (Burlington) → JFK (New York) 5,048 84.9% 266 mi
ORD (Chicago) → BTV (Burlington) 4,848 78.4% 763 mi
BTV (Burlington) → ORD (Chicago) 4,842 79.6% 763 mi
BTV (Burlington) → CLT (Charlotte) 4,075 85.4% 761 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → BTV (Burlington) 4,075 82.6% 761 mi
PHL (Philadelphia) → BTV (Burlington) 3,899 81.1% 335 mi
BTV (Burlington) → PHL (Philadelphia) 3,898 82.3% 335 mi
BTV (Burlington) → EWR (Newark) 3,598 81.5% 266 mi
EWR (Newark) → BTV (Burlington) 3,469 79.3% 266 mi
BTV (Burlington) → LGA (New York) 3,105 84.1% 258 mi
LGA (New York) → BTV (Burlington) 3,105 84.3% 258 mi
DTW (Detroit) → BTV (Burlington) 2,823 86.8% 537 mi
BTV (Burlington) → DTW (Detroit) 2,793 87% 537 mi
IAD (Washington) → BTV (Burlington) 2,326 85.3% 441 mi
BTV (Burlington) → IAD (Washington) 2,244 87.8% 441 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → BTV (Burlington) 1,579 83.7% 961 mi
BTV (Burlington) → ATL (Atlanta) 1,579 85.7% 961 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Burlington, VT, both outside Vermont 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: 83.4%).

Bismarck/Mandan, ND

Bismarck/Mandan, ND

83.4% on-time 45,937 flights

Moline, IL

Moline, IL

83.4% on-time 45,407 flights

Durango, CO

Durango, CO

83.4% on-time 42,722 flights

Mason City, IA

Mason City, IA

83.4% on-time 5,851 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 79,685).

Jackson/Vicksburg, MS

Jackson/Vicksburg, MS

79,839 flights 84.2% on-time

Aspen, CO

Aspen, CO

78,805 flights 73.5% on-time

Wilmington, NC

Wilmington, NC

80,728 flights 83.9% on-time

Sioux Falls, SD

Sioux Falls, SD

83,262 flights 81.6% on-time

BTV delay-share reading

The standout signal at Burlington, VT is the delay mix: Carrier owns 35.0% of 640,675 delay minutes across 79,685 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 83.4% (4.4 pts above the 79% national average), with 13,216 delayed and 1,313 cancelled (1.65%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (32.7% late-aircraft, 35.0% carrier, 21.7% NAS, 10.5% 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, BTV is strongest in November (94.6% on-time) and weakest in July (89.9%), a 4.7-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~1,337 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DCA (Washington) at 77.4% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Vermont: Vermont 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 BTV's data

BTV's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from BTV before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in November rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. December 2025 averaged 33.0 min. 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.