According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Providence, RI (PVD) ranks #83 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Providence, RI posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.
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PVD on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Providence, RI sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Providence, RI handles more flight
volume than 78% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
24% of them, placing it in the quadrant for busy and delay-prone.
Flight volume and on-time rate are independent figures: a busy airport can still run
reliably, and a quiet one can still run late.
Providence, RI vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 160,073 ·
On-time rate: 81.2%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes1,081,110 min
Late Aircraft454,918 min · 42%
Carrier330,377 min · 31%
NAS (National Aviation System)258,601 min · 24%
Weather36,467 min · 3%
Security747 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
PVD - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: September (93.4%) · worst: July (87.6%)
PVD - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
PVD - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 14.6 min · taxi-in 5.2 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
PVD's average taxi-out (14.6 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 13.2 min (October 2024) to 17.2 min (February 2025).
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Providence, RI, both outside Rhode Island so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.
The standout signal at Providence, RI is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 42.1% of 1,081,110 delay minutes across 160,073 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 81.2% (2.2 pts above the 79% national average), with 30,166 delayed and 2,331 cancelled (1.46%).
Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (42.1% late-aircraft, 30.6% carrier, 23.9% NAS, 3.4% weather, 0.1% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.
On the multi-year calendar, PVD is strongest in September (93.4% on-time) and weakest in July (87.6%), a 5.8-point swing. Volume peaks in October (~2,400 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DCA (Washington) at 82.1% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Providence, RI vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
81.2%Top 76%higher than 24% of 382 airports
Providence, RI
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U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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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.
PVD'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 PVD before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in September rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 14.6 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Providence, RI's on-time rate?
Providence, RI (PVD) has a 81.2% on-time rate across 160,073 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 2.2 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does PVD rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Providence, RI ranks #83 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a high-volume U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Providence, RI?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at PVD, accounting for 42.1% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 42.1% late-aircraft, 30.6% carrier, 23.9% NAS/air-traffic-control, 3.4% weather, and 0.1% security.
When is the best time to fly through Providence, RI?
September is historically PVD's strongest month at 93.4% on-time, while July is the weakest at 87.6%, a 5.8-point swing across the BTS historical record.