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Airport · LYH · Lynchburg, Virginia

Lynchburg, VA

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Lynchburg, VA (LYH) ranks #360 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Lynchburg, VA posts top-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

86.5%
On-time
Top 20%
on-time, US airports
73 min
Delay when late
2.84%
Cancelled
#360 of 382
Corpus placement
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LYH on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%86.5%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 9,327.

Late Aircraft 55.3% (5,159 min)
Carrier 20.8% (1,944 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 16.4% (1,528 min)
Weather 7.4% (693 min)
Security 0.0% (3 min)

LYH - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: November (98.1%) · worst: February (89.3%)

88%90%92%94%96%98%100% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 97.1%

LYH - on-time rate by year

2020–2022, year-over-year trend.

92.5%93%93.5%94%94.5%95% 20202022 94.5% 93% ▼ -1.6%

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

Average taxi-out 17.9 min · taxi-in 4.3 min over the last 22 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min Jan 20Oct 22 19 min 16.2 min ▼ -14.7%

LYH's average taxi-out (17.9 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 12.0 min (April 2020) to 22.5 min (March 2020).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Lynchburg, VA.

Cancellation Rate

2.84%

60 of 2,116 flights

Diversion Rate

0.14%

3 of 2,116 flights

Delay Rate

13.5%

285 of 2,116 flights

Top Routes from LYH

Busiest routes to and from Lynchburg, VA.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
CLT (Charlotte) → LYH (Lynchburg) 922 84.7% 175 mi
LYH (Lynchburg) → CLT (Charlotte) 921 87.3% 175 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Lynchburg, VA, both outside Virginia 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: 86.5%).

Wichita Falls, TX

Wichita Falls, TX

86.5% on-time 10,644 flights

Escanaba, MI

Escanaba, MI

86.5% on-time 7,922 flights

Grand Forks, ND

Grand Forks, ND

86.6% on-time 14,798 flights

Texarkana, AR

Texarkana, AR

86.4% on-time 10,935 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 2,116).

Santa Maria, CA

Santa Maria, CA

2,193 flights 76.6% on-time

Hyannis, MA

Hyannis, MA

2,242 flights 79.1% on-time

Alamosa, CO

Alamosa, CO

1,982 flights 89% on-time

Bishop, CA

Bishop, CA

2,388 flights 75% on-time

Other Airports in Virginia

Compare performance with other Virginia airports.

DCA 80.8%

Washington, DC

Washington · 1,425,060 flights
IAD 84.1%

Washington, DC

Washington · 618,145 flights
ORF 81.6%

Norfolk, VA

Norfolk · 231,501 flights
RIC 81.6%

Richmond, VA

Richmond · 203,348 flights
CHO 85.5%

Charlottesville, VA

Charlottesville · 31,578 flights
ROA 83.2%

Roanoke, VA

Roanoke · 25,454 flights
PHF 88.1%

Newport News/Williamsburg, VA

Newport News/Williamsburg · 4,730 flights
SHD 84.7%

Staunton, VA

Staunton · 4,017 flights

LYH delay-share reading

The standout signal at Lynchburg, VA is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 55.3% of 9,327 delay minutes across 2,116 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 86.5% (7.5 pts above the 79% national average), with 285 delayed and 60 cancelled (2.84%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (55.3% late-aircraft, 20.8% carrier, 16.4% NAS, 7.4% 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, LYH is strongest in November (98.1% on-time) and weakest in February (89.3%), a 8.8-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~153 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to CLT (Charlotte) at 84.7% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Virginia: Virginia flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2022). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using LYH's data

LYH's on-time book is stronger than most peers; the remaining risk sits in the delay mix, not a weak headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from LYH before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in November rather than February if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 17.9 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.