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Airport · JST · Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Johnstown, PA

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Johnstown, PA (JST) ranks #303 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Johnstown, PA posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

82.1%
On-time
Top 66%
on-time, US airports
143 min
Delay when late
1.51%
Cancelled
#303 of 382
Corpus placement
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JST on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%82.1%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 88,223.

Late Aircraft 45.0% (39,688 min)
Carrier 39.3% (34,640 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 5.9% (5,188 min)
Weather 9.8% (8,682 min)
Security 0.0% (25 min)

JST - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: May (94.7%) · worst: November (88.1%)

86%88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 90.1%

JST - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96% 202020212022202320242025 95% 90% ▼ -5.3%

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

Average taxi-out 17.8 min · taxi-in 4.9 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

0 min10 min20 min30 min40 min Jan 24Dec 25 25.2 min 34.6 min ▲ +37.3%

JST's average taxi-out (17.8 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 12.2 min (July 2024) to 35.3 min (January 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Johnstown, PA.

Cancellation Rate

1.51%

110 of 7,267 flights

Diversion Rate

0.06%

4 of 7,267 flights

Delay Rate

17.9%

1,298 of 7,267 flights

Top Routes from JST

Busiest routes to and from Johnstown, PA.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
IAD (Washington) → JST (Johnstown) 1,559 83.4% 120 mi
JST (Johnstown) → IAD (Washington) 1,531 85.3% 120 mi
JST (Johnstown) → ORD (Chicago) 1,167 81.1% 487 mi
ORD (Chicago) → JST (Johnstown) 1,167 74.8% 487 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Johnstown, PA, both outside Pennsylvania 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: 82.1%).

Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati, KY

82.1% on-time 423,583 flights

Albuquerque, NM

Albuquerque, NM

82.1% on-time 251,288 flights

Myrtle Beach, SC

Myrtle Beach, SC

82.1% on-time 171,781 flights

Charlotte, NC

Charlotte, NC

82% on-time 2,345,248 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 7,267).

Toledo, OH

Toledo, OH

7,268 flights 80.8% on-time

Dodge City, KS

Dodge City, KS

7,255 flights 85.5% on-time

Liberal, KS

Liberal, KS

7,285 flights 85.9% on-time

Stockton, CA

Stockton, CA

7,206 flights 72.6% on-time

Other Airports in Pennsylvania

Compare performance with other Pennsylvania airports.

PHL 81.3%

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia · 1,060,086 flights
PIT 83.3%

Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh · 462,554 flights
MDT 82.8%

Harrisburg, PA

Harrisburg · 60,271 flights
ABE 83.7%

Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA

Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton · 48,496 flights
AVP 82.7%

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre · 21,551 flights
SCE 83.8%

State College, PA

State College · 9,139 flights
LBE 83.5%

Latrobe, PA

Latrobe · 8,539 flights
ERI 87.3%

Erie, PA

Erie · 3,197 flights

JST delay-share reading

The standout signal at Johnstown, PA is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 45.0% of 88,223 delay minutes across 7,267 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 82.1% (3.1 pts above the 79% national average), with 1,298 delayed and 110 cancelled (1.51%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (45.0% late-aircraft, 39.3% carrier, 5.9% NAS, 9.8% 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, JST is strongest in May (94.7% on-time) and weakest in November (88.1%), a 6.6-point swing. Volume peaks in October (~124 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to IAD (Washington) at 83.4% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania 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 JST's data

JST's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from JST before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in May rather than November if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 17.8 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.