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Airport · PAH · Paducah, Kentucky

Paducah, KY

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Paducah, KY (PAH) ranks #338 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Paducah, KY posts top-10% on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

88.2%
On-time
Top 9%
on-time, US airports
110 min
Delay when late
2.17%
Cancelled
#338 of 382
Corpus placement
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PAH on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%88.2%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 29,569.

Late Aircraft 15.5% (4,590 min)
Carrier 64.0% (18,938 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 11.7% (3,467 min)
Weather 8.7% (2,574 min)
Security 0.0% (0 min)

PAH - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: December (98.1%) · worst: January (92.4%)

92%94%96%98%100% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 98.1%

PAH - on-time rate by year

2020–2022, year-over-year trend.

93%94%95%96%97% 202020212022 96% 93.5% ▼ -2.6%

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

Average taxi-out 11.2 min · taxi-in 4 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

5 min10 min15 min20 min Jan 21Dec 22 11.6 min 10.2 min ▼ -12.1%

PAH's average taxi-out (11.2 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (January 2022, 18.3 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Paducah, KY.

Cancellation Rate

2.17%

94 of 4,333 flights

Diversion Rate

0.05%

2 of 4,333 flights

Delay Rate

11.8%

511 of 4,333 flights

Top Routes from PAH

Busiest routes to and from Paducah, KY.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ORD (Chicago) → PAH (Paducah) 1,924 85.9% 342 mi
PAH (Paducah) → ORD (Chicago) 1,847 89.9% 342 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Paducah, 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: 88.2%).

Hilo, HI

Hilo, HI

88.2% on-time 72,372 flights

Great Falls, MT

Great Falls, MT

88.3% on-time 29,395 flights

Valdosta, GA

Valdosta, GA

88.3% on-time 9,259 flights

International Falls, MN

International Falls, MN

88.3% on-time 7,505 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 4,333).

North Bend/Coos Bay, OR

North Bend/Coos Bay, OR

4,337 flights 80.6% on-time

Waterloo, IA

Waterloo, IA

4,350 flights 87.7% on-time

Portsmouth, NH

Portsmouth, NH

4,468 flights 80.6% on-time

Barrow, AK

Barrow, AK

4,483 flights 74.4% on-time

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
OWB 79%

Owensboro, KY

Owensboro · 662 flights

PAH delay-share reading

The standout signal at Paducah, KY is the delay mix: Carrier owns 64.0% of 29,569 delay minutes across 4,333 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 88.2% (9.2 pts above the 79% national average), with 511 delayed and 94 cancelled (2.17%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (15.5% late-aircraft, 64.0% carrier, 11.7% NAS, 8.7% 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, PAH is strongest in December (98.1% on-time) and weakest in January (92.4%), a 5.7-point swing. Volume peaks in April (~138 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ORD (Chicago) at 85.9% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Kentucky: Kentucky flight data.

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

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Using PAH's data

PAH'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 PAH before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in December rather than January if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 11.2 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.