According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Morgantown, WV (MGW) ranks #363 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Morgantown, WV posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.
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MGW on-time rate vs. the national average
Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes: 33,991.
Late Aircraft44.9% (15,255 min)
Carrier43.8% (14,885 min)
NAS (National Aviation System)5.3% (1,800 min)
Weather5.9% (2,022 min)
Security0.1% (29 min)
MGW - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: May (95.2%) · worst: December (84.6%)
MGW - on-time rate by year
2024–2025, year-over-year trend.
MGW - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 19 min · taxi-in 4.6 min over the last 13 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
MGW's average taxi-out (19 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is January 2025 at 29.0 min; the lightest is May 2025 at 13.3 min.
Cancellation & Diversion Analysis
Flight disruption statistics for Morgantown, WV.
Cancellation Rate
2.03%
31 of 1,529 flights
Diversion Rate
0.07%
1 of 1,529 flights
Delay Rate
22.4%
343 of 1,529 flights
Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Morgantown, WV, both outside West 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.
The standout signal at Morgantown, WV is traffic scale: 1,529 BTS flights (2024–2025) place it #363 of 382 by book size. That quiet-book footprint sits beside a 77.6% on-time rate (1.4 pts below the 79% national flight-weighted average), 343 delayed departures, and 31 cancellations (2.03% of the book).
Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (44.9% late-aircraft, 43.8% carrier, 5.3% NAS, 5.9% weather, 0.1% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.
On the multi-year calendar, MGW is strongest in May (95.2% on-time) and weakest in December (84.6%), a 10.6-point swing. Volume peaks in October (~124 flights/month). Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Morgantown, WV vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
77.6%Top 92%higher than 8% of 382 airports
Morgantown, WV
60%95%
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 (2024–2025).
Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.
MGW'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.
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Travel in May rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. January 2025 averaged 29.0 min. 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 Morgantown, WV's on-time rate?
Morgantown, WV (MGW) has a 77.6% on-time rate across 1,529 BTS-tracked flights (2024-2025), 1.4 pts below the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does MGW rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Morgantown, WV ranks #363 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a smaller regional airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Morgantown, WV?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at MGW, accounting for 44.9% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 44.9% late-aircraft, 43.8% carrier, 5.3% NAS/air-traffic-control, 5.9% weather, and 0.1% security.
When is the best time to fly through Morgantown, WV?
May is historically MGW's strongest month at 95.2% on-time, while December is the weakest at 84.6%, a 10.6-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