According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), White Plains, NY (HPN) ranks #97 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). White Plains, NY posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.
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HPN on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Carrier.
Total delay minutes: 1,082,508.
Late Aircraft36.3% (393,123 min)
Carrier36.6% (395,790 min)
NAS (National Aviation System)17.6% (190,761 min)
Weather9.2% (99,995 min)
Security0.3% (2,839 min)
HPN - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: October (93.2%) · worst: December (87.4%)
HPN - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
HPN - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 16 min · taxi-in 6.1 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
HPN's average taxi-out (16 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 14.0 min (October 2024) to 18.3 min (July 2025).
Cancellation & Diversion Analysis
Flight disruption statistics for White Plains, NY.
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for White Plains, NY, both outside New York 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 White Plains, NY is on-time standing: 79.1% (0.1 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance) across 117,692 BTS flights (2020–2025). When a departure runs late, the average delay is 87.5 minutes; cancellations run 1.35%.
Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (36.3% late-aircraft, 36.6% carrier, 17.6% NAS, 9.2% weather, 0.3% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.
On the multi-year calendar, HPN is strongest in October (93.2% on-time) and weakest in December (87.4%), a 5.8-point swing. Volume peaks in August (~1,875 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to PBI (West Palm Beach/Palm Beach) at 77.4% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
White Plains, NY vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
79.1%Top 87%higher than 13% of 382 airports
White Plains, NY
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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.
HPN'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 HPN before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in October rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 16 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 White Plains, NY's on-time rate?
White Plains, NY (HPN) has a 79.1% on-time rate across 117,692 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 0.1 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does HPN rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
White Plains, NY ranks #97 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a high-volume U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at White Plains, NY?
Carrier is the leading delay cause at HPN, accounting for 36.6% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 36.3% late-aircraft, 36.6% carrier, 17.6% NAS/air-traffic-control, 9.2% weather, and 0.3% security.
When is the best time to fly through White Plains, NY?
October is historically HPN's strongest month at 93.2% on-time, while December is the weakest at 87.4%, a 5.8-point swing across the BTS historical record.
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