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Airport · PQI · Presque Isle/Houlton, Maine

Presque Isle/Houlton, ME

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Presque Isle/Houlton, ME (PQI) ranks #370 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Presque Isle/Houlton, ME posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

82.6%
On-time
Top 59%
on-time, US airports
78 min
Delay when late
0.31%
Cancelled
#370 of 382
Corpus placement
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PQI on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%82.6%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 2,893.

Late Aircraft 18.2% (526 min)
Carrier 36.6% (1,060 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 19.9% (575 min)
Weather 24.2% (699 min)
Security 1.1% (33 min)

PQI - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: August (100%) · worst: October (94.4%)

94%96%98%100%102% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 96%

PQI - on-time rate by year

2024–2025, year-over-year trend.

92%94%96%98%100% 20242025 93.6% 98.2% ▲ +4.9%

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

Average taxi-out 15.5 min · taxi-in 5.7 min over the last 16 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

0 min10 min20 min30 min40 min Sep 24Dec 25 11 min 33.4 min ▲ +203.6%

PQI's average taxi-out (15.5 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 6.4 min (June 2025) to 33.4 min (December 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Presque Isle/Houlton, ME.

Cancellation Rate

0.31%

3 of 965 flights

Diversion Rate

0.00%

0 of 965 flights

Delay Rate

17.4%

168 of 965 flights

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Presque Isle/Houlton, ME, both outside Maine 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: 82.6%).

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82.6% on-time 214,443 flights

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82.6% on-time 169,476 flights

Huntsville, AL

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82.6% on-time 91,787 flights

Fargo, ND

Fargo, ND

82.6% on-time 74,155 flights

Other Airports in Maine

Compare performance with other Maine airports.

PWM 82.2%

Portland, ME

Portland · 120,951 flights
BGR 83%

Bangor, ME

Bangor · 47,532 flights

PQI delay-share reading

The standout signal at Presque Isle/Houlton, ME is traffic scale: 965 BTS flights (2024–2025) place it #370 of 382 by book size. That quiet-book footprint sits beside a 82.6% on-time rate (3.6 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average), 168 delayed departures, and 3 cancellations (0.31% of the book).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (18.2% late-aircraft, 36.6% carrier, 19.9% NAS, 24.2% weather, 1.1% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, PQI is strongest in August (100% on-time) and weakest in October (94.4%), a 5.6-point swing. Volume peaks in December (~62 flights/month). Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Maine: Maine flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2024–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using PQI's data

PQI's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Compare PQI against airports with a similar on-time rate. Compare airports
  • Travel in August rather than October if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 15.5 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.