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Airport · FWA · Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne, IN

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.

Data updated 2026-06-13

80.9%
On-time
Top 78%
on-time, US airports
87 min
Delay when late
1.02%
Cancelled
#134 of 382
Corpus placement
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FWA on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%80.9%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 545,977.

Late Aircraft 24.1% (131,489 min)
Carrier 53.3% (290,822 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 14.1% (76,954 min)
Weather 8.2% (45,032 min)
Security 0.3% (1,680 min)

FWA - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (93.5%) · worst: December (87.7%)

86%88%90%92%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 87.7%

FWA - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96% 202020212022202320242025 95% 89% ▼ -6.3%

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).

10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min Jan 24Dec 25 22.1 min 28.3 min ▲ +28.1%

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).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Fort Wayne, IN.

Cancellation Rate

1.02%

635 of 62,234 flights

Diversion Rate

0.11%

71 of 62,234 flights

Delay Rate

19.1%

11,899 of 62,234 flights

Top Routes from FWA

Busiest routes to and from Fort Wayne, IN.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
FWA (Fort Wayne) → ORD (Chicago) 8,797 79.3% 157 mi
ORD (Chicago) → FWA (Fort Wayne) 8,794 77.1% 157 mi
FWA (Fort Wayne) → ATL (Atlanta) 5,756 84.1% 508 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → FWA (Fort Wayne) 5,755 84.2% 508 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → FWA (Fort Wayne) 5,295 79.7% 859 mi
FWA (Fort Wayne) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 5,292 80.9% 859 mi
FWA (Fort Wayne) → DTW (Detroit) 2,510 87.2% 128 mi
DTW (Detroit) → FWA (Fort Wayne) 2,509 83.5% 128 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → FWA (Fort Wayne) 1,850 82.3% 460 mi
FWA (Fort Wayne) → CLT (Charlotte) 1,847 85.2% 460 mi
MSP (Minneapolis) → FWA (Fort Wayne) 1,580 78.2% 488 mi
FWA (Fort Wayne) → MSP (Minneapolis) 1,579 83.7% 488 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

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.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 80.9%).

Fort Myers, FL

Fort Myers, FL

80.9% on-time 420,518 flights

Savannah, GA

Savannah, GA

80.9% on-time 204,730 flights

Albany, NY

Albany, NY

80.9% on-time 129,222 flights

Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL

81% on-time 3,114,086 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 62,234).

Charlotte Amalie, VI

Charlotte Amalie, VI

61,916 flights 81.5% on-time

Appleton, WI

Appleton, WI

63,493 flights 82.3% on-time

Pasco/Kennewick/Richland, WA

Pasco/Kennewick/Richland, WA

63,750 flights 86.9% on-time

Tallahassee, FL

Tallahassee, FL

60,451 flights 84.7% on-time

Other Airports in Indiana

Compare performance with other Indiana airports.

IND 82.7%

Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis · 495,575 flights
SBN 81.5%

South Bend, IN

South Bend · 72,322 flights
EVV 86%

Evansville, IN

Evansville · 25,741 flights
LAF 76.3%

Lafayette, IN

Lafayette · 473 flights

FWA delay-share reading

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.

Statewide aggregates for Indiana: Indiana 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 FWA's data

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.

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.