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Niagara Falls, NY

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Niagara Falls, NY (IAG) ranks #326 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Niagara Falls, NY posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

78.2%
On-time
Top 90%
on-time, US airports
83 min
Delay when late
2.71%
Cancelled
#326 of 382
Corpus placement
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IAG on-time rate vs. the national average

Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%78.2%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 60,763.

Late Aircraft 45.2% (27,476 min)
Carrier 21.0% (12,746 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 27.3% (16,559 min)
Weather 6.5% (3,970 min)
Security 0.0% (12 min)

IAG - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (89.8%) · worst: June (83.1%)

82%84%86%88%90%92% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 87.7%

IAG - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

75%80%85%90%95% 202020212022202320242025 91% 88.2% ▼ -3.1%

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

Average taxi-out 15 min · taxi-in 6.4 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min Jan 24Dec 25 24.4 min 23 min ▼ -5.7%

IAG's average taxi-out (15 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 11.2 min (September 2025) to 24.4 min (January 2024).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Niagara Falls, NY.

Cancellation Rate

2.71%

138 of 5,099 flights

Diversion Rate

0.22%

11 of 5,099 flights

Delay Rate

21.8%

1,112 of 5,099 flights

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Niagara Falls, 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.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 78.2%).

Bethel, AK

Bethel, AK

78.3% on-time 8,174 flights

Newark, NJ

Newark, NJ

78.1% on-time 1,354,054 flights

Flint, MI

Flint, MI

78.1% on-time 31,426 flights

Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas, NV

78% on-time 1,986,833 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 5,099).

Eau Claire, WI

Eau Claire, WI

5,152 flights 84.5% on-time

Dickinson, ND

Dickinson, ND

4,996 flights 84% on-time

Moab, UT

Moab, UT

5,341 flights 87.3% on-time

Vernal, UT

Vernal, UT

4,784 flights 86.8% on-time

Other Airports in New York

Compare performance with other New York airports.

LGA 81.2%

New York, NY

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JFK 79.4%

New York, NY

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BUF 80.6%

Buffalo, NY

Buffalo · 221,909 flights
SYR 81.5%

Syracuse, NY

Syracuse · 131,663 flights
ALB 80.9%

Albany, NY

Albany · 129,222 flights
ROC 82%

Rochester, NY

Rochester · 126,934 flights
HPN 79.1%

White Plains, NY

White Plains · 117,692 flights
ISP 77.9%

Islip, NY

Islip · 54,300 flights

IAG delay-share reading

The standout signal at Niagara Falls, NY is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 45.2% of 60,763 delay minutes across 5,099 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 78.2% (0.8 pts below the 79% national average), with 1,112 delayed and 138 cancelled (2.71%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (45.2% late-aircraft, 21.0% carrier, 27.3% NAS, 6.5% weather, 0.0% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, IAG is strongest in September (89.8% on-time) and weakest in June (83.1%), a 6.7-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~116 flights/month). Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for New York: New York 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 IAG's data

IAG'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 IAG against airports with a similar on-time rate. Compare airports
  • Travel in September rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 15 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.