White Plains, NY

What the Data Says About HPN

White Plains, NY in White Plains, New York handled 117,692 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 79.1% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 24,587 experienced delays, 1,588 were cancelled, and 242 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.35%, the diversion rate to 0.21%, and the average delay when departures run late is 87.5 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing HPN against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at HPN, Carrier leads the pack. Carrier accounts for 36.6% of total delay minutes, followed by Late Aircraft at 36.3% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 17.6%. Weather contributes 9.2% 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, October runs the cleanest at HPN with a 93.2% on-time rate, while December is the roughest at 87.4% — a 6-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in August, when average flights hit 1,875. The busiest route from HPN is to HPN (White Plains), with 8,708 flights at a 77.4% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 79.1% on-time, 87.5-minute average delay, 1.35% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at White Plains, NY.