Fort Wayne, IN

What the Data Says About FWA

Fort Wayne, IN in Fort Wayne, Indiana handled 62,234 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 80.9% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 11,899 experienced delays, 635 were cancelled, and 71 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.02%, the diversion rate to 0.11%, and the average delay when departures run late is 87.2 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing FWA against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at FWA, Carrier leads the pack. Carrier accounts for 53.3% of total delay minutes, followed by Late Aircraft at 24.1% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 14.1%. Weather contributes 8.2% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.3%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, September runs the cleanest at FWA with a 93.5% on-time rate, while December is the roughest at 87.7% — a 6-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in October, when average flights hit 939. The busiest route from FWA is to ORD (Chicago), with 8,797 flights at a 79.3% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 80.9% on-time, 87.2-minute average delay, 1.02% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Fort Wayne, IN.