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Airport · FMN · Farmington, New Mexico

Farmington, NM

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Farmington, NM (FMN) ranks #375 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Farmington, NM posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

82.7%
On-time
Top 58%
on-time, US airports
125 min
Delay when late
0.21%
Cancelled
#375 of 382
Corpus placement
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FMN on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%82.7%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 5,070.

Late Aircraft 11.9% (601 min)
Carrier 80.5% (4,083 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 6.4% (326 min)
Weather 1.2% (60 min)
Security 0.0% (0 min)

FMN - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: June (98.3%) · worst: September (81.7%)

80%85%90%95%100% MayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 93.5%

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

Average taxi-out 18.1 min · taxi-in 5.1 min over the last 8 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min May 25Jun 25Jul 25Aug 25Sep 25Oct 25Nov 25Dec 25 22 min 26.8 min ▲ +21.8%

FMN's average taxi-out (18.1 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 13.6 min (October 2025) to 26.8 min (December 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Farmington, NM.

Cancellation Rate

0.21%

1 of 475 flights

Diversion Rate

0.00%

0 of 475 flights

Delay Rate

17.3%

82 of 475 flights

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Farmington, NM, both outside New Mexico 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: 82.7%).

Sacramento, CA

Sacramento, CA

82.7% on-time 592,833 flights

Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis, IN

82.7% on-time 495,575 flights

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA

82.7% on-time 21,551 flights

Sitka, AK

Sitka, AK

82.7% on-time 14,900 flights

Other Airports in New Mexico

Compare performance with other New Mexico airports.

ABQ 82.1%

Albuquerque, NM

Albuquerque · 251,288 flights
SAF 82%

Santa Fe, NM

Santa Fe · 26,561 flights
ROW 84.3%

Roswell, NM

Roswell · 11,879 flights
HOB 79.1%

Hobbs, NM

Hobbs · 4,498 flights

FMN delay-share reading

The standout signal at Farmington, NM is the delay mix: Carrier owns 80.5% of 5,070 delay minutes across 475 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 82.7% (3.7 pts above the 79% national average), with 82 delayed and 1 cancelled (0.21%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (11.9% late-aircraft, 80.5% carrier, 6.4% NAS, 1.2% weather, 0.0% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, FMN is strongest in June (98.3% on-time) and weakest in September (81.7%), a 16.6-point swing. Volume peaks in December (~62 flights/month). Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for New Mexico: New Mexico flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2025–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using FMN's data

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

  • Compare FMN against airports with a similar on-time rate. Compare airports
  • Travel in June rather than September if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 18.1 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.