PlainFlights

Airport · PIH · Pocatello, Idaho

Pocatello, ID

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Pocatello, ID (PIH) ranks #294 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Pocatello, ID posts top-1% on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

93.7%
On-time
Top 1%
on-time, US airports
106 min
Delay when late
0.26%
Cancelled
#294 of 382
Corpus placement
View watchlist

Get PIH on-time updates (RSS)

Tools for PIH

Compare PIH to another hub, filter routes, or browse airline stats without leaving this profile.

Airport lookup

Compare airports

Route finder

Airline & season filters

PIH on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%93.7%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 23,760.

Late Aircraft 0.3% (83 min)
Carrier 61.5% (14,624 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 2.1% (492 min)
Weather 36.0% (8,561 min)
Security 0.0% (0 min)

PIH - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: November (99.1%) · worst: December (96.3%)

96%97%98%99%100% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 96.3%

PIH - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

96.5%97%97.5%98%98.5% 202020212022202320242025 97.9% 97% ▼ -0.9%

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

Average taxi-out 11.8 min · taxi-in 3 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

5 min10 min15 min20 min Jan 24Dec 25 17.7 min 11 min ▼ -37.9%

PIH's average taxi-out (11.8 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (January 2024, 17.7 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Pocatello, ID.

Cancellation Rate

0.26%

20 of 7,786 flights

Diversion Rate

0.01%

1 of 7,786 flights

Delay Rate

6.3%

490 of 7,786 flights

Top Routes from PIH

Busiest routes to and from Pocatello, ID.

Filter routes

Route Flights On-Time Distance
PIH (Pocatello) → SLC (Salt Lake City) 3,795 93.8% 150 mi
SLC (Salt Lake City) → PIH (Pocatello) 3,793 92.7% 150 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Pocatello, ID, both outside Idaho 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: 93.7%).

Elko, NV

Elko, NV

93.6% on-time 5,662 flights

New Haven, CT

New Haven, CT

92.9% on-time 1,204 flights

Saipan, TT

Saipan, TT

94.8% on-time 4,024 flights

Cedar City, UT

Cedar City, UT

92% on-time 7,071 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 7,786).

Scottsbluff, NE

Scottsbluff, NE

7,768 flights 85.3% on-time

Brainerd, MN

Brainerd, MN

7,762 flights 88.9% on-time

Sheridan, WY

Sheridan, WY

7,839 flights 86.6% on-time

Devils Lake, ND

Devils Lake, ND

7,845 flights 86.3% on-time

Other Airports in Idaho

Compare performance with other Idaho airports.

BOI 85.2%

Boise, ID

Boise · 266,753 flights
IDA 84.4%

Idaho Falls, ID

Idaho Falls · 43,233 flights
SUN 88.6%

Sun Valley/Hailey/Ketchum, ID

Sun Valley/Hailey/Ketchum · 22,928 flights
LWS 89.7%

Lewiston, ID

Lewiston · 10,808 flights
TWF 92.3%

Twin Falls, ID

Twin Falls · 8,708 flights

PIH delay-share reading

The standout signal at Pocatello, ID is the delay mix: Carrier owns 61.5% of 23,760 delay minutes across 7,786 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 93.7% (14.7 pts above the 79% national average), with 490 delayed and 20 cancelled (0.26%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (0.3% late-aircraft, 61.5% carrier, 2.1% NAS, 36.0% 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, PIH is strongest in November (99.1% on-time) and weakest in December (96.3%), a 2.8-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~123 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to SLC (Salt Lake City) at 93.8% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Idaho: Idaho 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Using PIH's data

PIH'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 PIH before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in November rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 11.8 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.