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Gulf Shores, AL

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Gulf Shores, AL (GUF) ranks #372 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Gulf Shores, AL posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

81.8%
On-time
Top 69%
on-time, US airports
79 min
Delay when late
0.61%
Cancelled
#372 of 382
Corpus placement
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GUF on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%81.8%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 6,029.

Late Aircraft 51.7% (3,118 min)
Carrier 12.2% (733 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 19.3% (1,166 min)
Weather 16.4% (988 min)
Security 0.4% (24 min)

GUF - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (98%) · worst: May (84.2%)

80%85%90%95%100% MayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 85.2%

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

Average taxi-out 12.4 min · taxi-in 6.2 min over the last 8 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min11 min12 min13 min14 min May 25Jun 25Jul 25Aug 25Sep 25Oct 25Nov 25Dec 25 13.4 min 13 min ▼ -3.0%

GUF's average taxi-out (12.4 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (May 2025, 13.4 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Gulf Shores, AL.

Cancellation Rate

0.61%

4 of 654 flights

Diversion Rate

0.00%

0 of 654 flights

Delay Rate

18.2%

119 of 654 flights

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Gulf Shores, AL, both outside Alabama 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: 81.8%).

Salina, KS

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81.8% on-time 9,128 flights

Sioux City, IA

Sioux City, IA

81.8% on-time 9,052 flights

Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix, AZ

81.7% on-time 2,030,209 flights

Oakland, CA

Oakland, CA

81.7% on-time 472,036 flights

Other Airports in Alabama

Compare performance with other Alabama airports.

BHM 81.5%

Birmingham, AL

Birmingham · 178,467 flights
HSV 82.6%

Huntsville, AL

Huntsville · 91,787 flights
MOB 85.2%

Mobile, AL

Mobile · 33,438 flights
MGM 82.3%

Montgomery, AL

Montgomery · 30,016 flights
DHN 88.1%

Dothan, AL

Dothan · 8,886 flights

GUF delay-share reading

The standout signal at Gulf Shores, AL is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 51.7% of 6,029 delay minutes across 654 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 81.8% (2.8 pts above the 79% national average), with 119 delayed and 4 cancelled (0.61%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (51.7% late-aircraft, 12.2% carrier, 19.3% NAS, 16.4% weather, 0.4% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, GUF is strongest in September (98% on-time) and weakest in May (84.2%), a 13.8-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~106 flights/month). Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Alabama: Alabama 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 GUF's data

GUF'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.

  • Compare GUF against airports with a similar on-time rate. Compare airports
  • Travel in September rather than May if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 12.4 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.