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Airport · PBG · Plattsburgh, New York

Plattsburgh, NY

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Plattsburgh, NY (PBG) ranks #288 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Plattsburgh, NY posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

81.1%
On-time
Top 76%
on-time, US airports
104 min
Delay when late
2.78%
Cancelled
#288 of 382
Corpus placement
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PBG on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%81.1%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 92,796.

Late Aircraft 28.0% (25,941 min)
Carrier 41.0% (38,053 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 19.9% (18,424 min)
Weather 11.1% (10,330 min)
Security 0.1% (48 min)

PBG - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (93.2%) · worst: December (85%)

84%86%88%90%92%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 85%

PBG - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

80%85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 94.4% 88.4% ▼ -6.4%

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

Average taxi-out 16.1 min · taxi-in 8.6 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min Jan 24Dec 25 21.1 min 21.6 min ▲ +2.4%

PBG's average taxi-out (16.1 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 11.9 min (September 2024) to 24.9 min (February 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Plattsburgh, NY.

Cancellation Rate

2.78%

222 of 7,984 flights

Diversion Rate

0.10%

8 of 7,984 flights

Delay Rate

18.9%

1,510 of 7,984 flights

Top Routes from PBG

Busiest routes to and from Plattsburgh, NY.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
PBG (Plattsburgh) → IAD (Washington) 1,286 83.9% 444 mi
IAD (Washington) → PBG (Plattsburgh) 1,256 82.6% 444 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Plattsburgh, NY, both outside New York 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: 81.1%).

Valparaiso, FL

Valparaiso, FL

81.1% on-time 114,819 flights

Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL

81% on-time 3,114,086 flights

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco, CA

81% on-time 1,466,784 flights

Providence, RI

Providence, RI

81.2% on-time 160,073 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 7,984).

Butte, MT

Butte, MT

8,024 flights 91% on-time

Meridian, MS

Meridian, MS

7,934 flights 84.1% on-time

Stillwater, OK

Stillwater, OK

8,044 flights 87.7% on-time

Escanaba, MI

Escanaba, MI

7,922 flights 86.5% on-time

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Compare performance with other New York airports.

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PBG delay-share reading

The standout signal at Plattsburgh, NY is the delay mix: Carrier owns 41.0% of 92,796 delay minutes across 7,984 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 81.1% (2.1 pts above the 79% national average), with 1,510 delayed and 222 cancelled (2.78%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (28.0% late-aircraft, 41.0% carrier, 19.9% NAS, 11.1% 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, PBG is strongest in September (93.2% on-time) and weakest in December (85%), a 8.2-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~170 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to IAD (Washington) at 83.9% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for New York: New York flight data.

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.

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Using PBG's data

PBG'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 PBG before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 16.1 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.

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.