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Airport · OWB · Owensboro, Kentucky

Owensboro, KY

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Owensboro, KY (OWB) ranks #371 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Owensboro, KY posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

79%
On-time
Top 87%
on-time, US airports
64 min
Delay when late
3.17%
Cancelled
#371 of 382
Corpus placement
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OWB on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%79%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 4,659.

Late Aircraft 56.5% (2,633 min)
Carrier 16.2% (756 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 16.2% (757 min)
Weather 10.7% (500 min)
Security 0.3% (13 min)

OWB - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (96.4%) · worst: July (71.7%)

70%80%90%100% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 91.7%

OWB - on-time rate by year

2020–2023, year-over-year trend.

80%85%90%95%100% 2020202120222023 97% 86% ▼ -11.3%

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

Average taxi-out 6.8 min · taxi-in 5.7 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

0 min5 min10 min15 min Apr 21May 23 5.8 min 7.1 min ▲ +22.4%

OWB's average taxi-out (6.8 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (March 2023, 12.8 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Owensboro, KY.

Cancellation Rate

3.17%

21 of 662 flights

Diversion Rate

0.30%

2 of 662 flights

Delay Rate

21.0%

139 of 662 flights

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Owensboro, KY, both outside Kentucky 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: 79%).

Key West, FL

Key West, FL

79% on-time 93,161 flights

Denver, CO

Denver, CO

78.9% on-time 3,293,040 flights

White Plains, NY

White Plains, NY

79.1% on-time 117,692 flights

Rockford, IL

Rockford, IL

78.9% on-time 9,512 flights

Other Airports in Kentucky

Compare performance with other Kentucky airports.

CVG 82.1%

Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati · 423,583 flights
SDF 82.8%

Louisville, KY

Louisville · 252,784 flights
LEX 83.6%

Lexington, KY

Lexington · 91,507 flights
PAH 88.2%

Paducah, KY

Paducah · 4,333 flights

OWB delay-share reading

The standout signal at Owensboro, KY is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 56.5% of 4,659 delay minutes across 662 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 79% (0 pts above the 79% national average), with 139 delayed and 21 cancelled (3.17%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (56.5% late-aircraft, 16.2% carrier, 16.2% NAS, 10.7% weather, 0.3% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, OWB is strongest in September (96.4% on-time) and weakest in July (71.7%), a 24.7-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~20 flights/month). Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Kentucky: Kentucky flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2023). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using OWB's data

OWB'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 OWB against airports with a similar on-time rate. Compare airports
  • Travel in September rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 6.8 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.