According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Worcester, MA (ORH) ranks #236 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Worcester, MA posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.
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ORH on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes: 141,586.
Late Aircraft37.6% (53,281 min)
Carrier30.2% (42,772 min)
NAS (National Aviation System)28.0% (39,605 min)
Weather4.2% (5,890 min)
Security0.0% (38 min)
ORH - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: October (93%) · worst: July (86.2%)
ORH - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
ORH - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 17.1 min · taxi-in 5.6 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
ORH's average taxi-out (17.1 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 12.1 min (October 2025) to 20.7 min (March 2024).
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Worcester, MA, both outside Massachusetts 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 Worcester, MA is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 37.6% of 141,586 delay minutes across 12,995 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 80.3% (1.3 pts above the 79% national average), with 2,554 delayed and 327 cancelled (2.52%).
Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (37.6% late-aircraft, 30.2% carrier, 28.0% NAS, 4.2% weather, 0.0% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.
On the multi-year calendar, ORH is strongest in October (93% on-time) and weakest in July (86.2%), a 6.8-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~278 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to JFK (New York) at 79.8% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Worcester, MA vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
80.3%Top 83%higher than 17% of 382 airports
Worcester, MA
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 (2020–2025).
Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.
ORH'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 ORH before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in October rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 17.1 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 Worcester, MA's on-time rate?
Worcester, MA (ORH) has a 80.3% on-time rate across 12,995 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 1.3 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does ORH rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Worcester, MA ranks #236 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a mid-size U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Worcester, MA?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at ORH, accounting for 37.6% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 37.6% late-aircraft, 30.2% carrier, 28.0% NAS/air-traffic-control, 4.2% weather, and 0.0% security.
When is the best time to fly through Worcester, MA?
October is historically ORH's strongest month at 93% on-time, while July is the weakest at 86.2%, a 6.8-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