According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Key West, FL (EYW) ranks #107 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Key West, FL posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.
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EYW on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Key West, FL sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Key West, FL handles more flight
volume than 72% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
13% of them, placing it in the quadrant for busy and delay-prone.
Flight volume and on-time rate are independent figures: a busy airport can still run
reliably, and a quiet one can still run late.
Key West, FL vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 93,161 ·
On-time rate: 79.0%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes846,494 min
Late Aircraft398,646 min · 47%
Carrier249,987 min · 30%
NAS (National Aviation System)135,021 min · 16%
Weather60,831 min · 7%
Security2,009 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
EYW - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: September (93.2%) · worst: June (85.3%)
EYW - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
EYW - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 14.5 min · taxi-in 6.6 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
EYW's average taxi-out (14.5 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 13.6 min (October 2025) to 15.8 min (March 2025).
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Key West, FL, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.
The standout signal at Key West, FL is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 47.1% of 846,494 delay minutes across 93,161 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 79% (0 pts above the 79% national average), with 19,574 delayed and 1,275 cancelled (1.37%).
Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (47.1% late-aircraft, 29.5% carrier, 16.0% NAS, 7.2% 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, EYW is strongest in September (93.2% on-time) and weakest in June (85.3%), a 7.9-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~1,696 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ATL (Atlanta) at 83.9% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Key West, FL vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
79%Top 87%higher than 13% of 382 airports
Key West, FL
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U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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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.
EYW'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 EYW before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in September rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 14.5 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Key West, FL's on-time rate?
Key West, FL (EYW) has a 79% on-time rate across 93,161 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 0 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does EYW rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Key West, FL ranks #107 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a mid-size U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Key West, FL?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at EYW, accounting for 47.1% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 47.1% late-aircraft, 29.5% carrier, 16.0% NAS/air-traffic-control, 7.2% weather, and 0.2% security.
When is the best time to fly through Key West, FL?
September is historically EYW's strongest month at 93.2% on-time, while June is the weakest at 85.3%, a 7.9-point swing across the BTS historical record.