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Airport · FAY · Fayetteville, North Carolina

Fayetteville, NC

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Fayetteville, NC (FAY) ranks #198 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Fayetteville, NC posts top-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

86.9%
On-time
Top 17%
on-time, US airports
89 min
Delay when late
1.06%
Cancelled
#198 of 382
Corpus placement
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FAY on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%86.9%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 133,087.

Late Aircraft 24.9% (33,093 min)
Carrier 55.8% (74,205 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 9.8% (13,033 min)
Weather 9.6% (12,728 min)
Security 0.0% (28 min)

FAY - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: April (95.6%) · worst: January (92.2%)

92%93%94%95%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 93.9%

FAY - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96% 202020212022202320242025 95% 89.5% ▼ -5.8%

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

Average taxi-out 17 min · taxi-in 4.3 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min Jan 24Dec 25 17.1 min 22.4 min ▲ +31.0%

FAY's average taxi-out (17 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 13.5 min (September 2025) to 23.4 min (October 2024).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Fayetteville, NC.

Cancellation Rate

1.06%

240 of 22,542 flights

Diversion Rate

0.10%

22 of 22,542 flights

Delay Rate

13.1%

2,948 of 22,542 flights

Top Routes from FAY

Busiest routes to and from Fayetteville, NC.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ATL (Atlanta) → FAY (Fayetteville) 4,987 89.2% 331 mi
FAY (Fayetteville) → ATL (Atlanta) 4,987 89.2% 331 mi
FAY (Fayetteville) → CLT (Charlotte) 4,735 87% 118 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → FAY (Fayetteville) 4,732 84.9% 118 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → FAY (Fayetteville) 858 78% 1,051 mi
FAY (Fayetteville) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 770 86.1% 1,051 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Fayetteville, NC, both outside North Carolina 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: 86.9%).

Pasco/Kennewick/Richland, WA

Pasco/Kennewick/Richland, WA

86.9% on-time 63,750 flights

La Crosse, WI

La Crosse, WI

87% on-time 13,386 flights

Kodiak, AK

Kodiak, AK

87% on-time 9,654 flights

Beaumont/Port Arthur, TX

Beaumont/Port Arthur, TX

87% on-time 9,249 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 22,542).

Monroe, LA

Monroe, LA

22,635 flights 87.2% on-time

Flagstaff, AZ

Flagstaff, AZ

22,330 flights 85.8% on-time

Sun Valley/Hailey/Ketchum, ID

Sun Valley/Hailey/Ketchum, ID

22,928 flights 88.6% on-time

Abilene, TX

Abilene, TX

21,805 flights 85.2% on-time

Other Airports in North Carolina

Compare performance with other North Carolina airports.

CLT 82%

Charlotte, NC

Charlotte · 2,345,248 flights
RDU 81.6%

Raleigh/Durham, NC

Raleigh/Durham · 616,332 flights
GSO 84.6%

Greensboro/High Point, NC

Greensboro/High Point · 116,389 flights
AVL 80%

Asheville, NC

Asheville · 114,713 flights
ILM 83.9%

Wilmington, NC

Wilmington · 80,728 flights
OAJ 87.4%

Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, NC

Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune · 20,873 flights
USA 72.4%

Concord, NC

Concord · 10,857 flights
EWN 85.7%

New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC

New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort · 8,887 flights

FAY delay-share reading

The standout signal at Fayetteville, NC is the delay mix: Carrier owns 55.8% of 133,087 delay minutes across 22,542 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 86.9% (7.9 pts above the 79% national average), with 2,948 delayed and 240 cancelled (1.06%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (24.9% late-aircraft, 55.8% carrier, 9.8% NAS, 9.6% weather, 0.0% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, FAY is strongest in April (95.6% on-time) and weakest in January (92.2%), a 3.4-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~356 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ATL (Atlanta) at 89.2% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for North Carolina: North Carolina 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 FAY's data

FAY's on-time book is stronger than most peers; the remaining risk sits in the delay mix, not a weak headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from FAY before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in April rather than January if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 17 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.