According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Fort Wayne, IN (FWA) ranks #134 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Fort Wayne, IN posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.
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FWA on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Fort Wayne, IN sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Fort Wayne, IN handles more flight
volume than 65% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
22% 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.
Fort Wayne, IN vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 62,234 ·
On-time rate: 80.9%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Carrier.
Total delay minutes545,977 min
Carrier290,822 min · 53%
Late Aircraft131,489 min · 24%
NAS (National Aviation System)76,954 min · 14%
Weather45,032 min · 8%
Security1,680 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
FWA - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: September (93.5%) · worst: December (87.7%)
FWA - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
FWA - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 18.5 min · taxi-in 7.3 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
FWA's average taxi-out (18.5 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 14.6 min (May 2024) to 28.3 min (December 2025).
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Fort Wayne, IN, both outside Indiana 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 Fort Wayne, IN is the delay mix: Carrier owns 53.3% of 545,977 delay minutes across 62,234 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 80.9% (1.9 pts above the 79% national average), with 11,899 delayed and 635 cancelled (1.02%).
Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (24.1% late-aircraft, 53.3% carrier, 14.1% NAS, 8.2% weather, 0.3% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.
On the multi-year calendar, FWA is strongest in September (93.5% on-time) and weakest in December (87.7%), a 5.8-point swing. Volume peaks in October (~939 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ORD (Chicago) at 79.3% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Fort Wayne, IN vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
80.9%Top 78%higher than 22% of 382 airports
Fort Wayne, IN
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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.
FWA'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 FWA before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in September rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 18.5 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 Fort Wayne, IN's on-time rate?
Fort Wayne, IN (FWA) has a 80.9% on-time rate across 62,234 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 1.9 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does FWA rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Fort Wayne, IN ranks #134 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 Fort Wayne, IN?
Carrier is the leading delay cause at FWA, accounting for 53.3% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 24.1% late-aircraft, 53.3% carrier, 14.1% NAS/air-traffic-control, 8.2% weather, and 0.3% security.
When is the best time to fly through Fort Wayne, IN?
September is historically FWA's strongest month at 93.5% on-time, while December is the weakest at 87.7%, a 5.8-point swing across the BTS historical record.