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Saipan, TT

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Saipan, TT (SPN) ranks #339 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Saipan, TT posts top-1% on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

94.8%
On-time
Top 1%
on-time, US airports
92 min
Delay when late
0.37%
Cancelled
#339 of 382
Corpus placement
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SPN on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%94.8%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 10,708.

Late Aircraft 58.8% (6,300 min)
Carrier 26.7% (2,860 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 4.8% (510 min)
Weather 9.7% (1,038 min)
Security 0.0% (0 min)

SPN - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: April (98.6%) · worst: July (95.4%)

95%96%97%98%99% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 97.6%

SPN - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

95%96%97%98%99% 202020212022202320242025 97% 96.9% ▼ -0.1%

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

Average taxi-out 10.9 min · taxi-in 4 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

9 min10 min11 min12 min13 min14 min Jan 24Dec 25 10.1 min 11 min ▲ +8.9%

SPN's average taxi-out (10.9 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (June 2024, 13.2 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Saipan, TT.

Cancellation Rate

0.37%

15 of 4,024 flights

Diversion Rate

0.00%

0 of 4,024 flights

Delay Rate

5.2%

210 of 4,024 flights

Top Routes from SPN

Busiest routes to and from Saipan, TT.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
GUM (Guam) → SPN (Saipan) 1,676 95.5% 129 mi
SPN (Saipan) → GUM (Guam) 1,676 94.2% 129 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Saipan, TT, both outside U.S. Pacific Trust Territories and Possessions 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: 94.8%).

Pocatello, ID

Pocatello, ID

93.7% on-time 7,786 flights

Elko, NV

Elko, NV

93.6% on-time 5,662 flights

New Haven, CT

New Haven, CT

92.9% on-time 1,204 flights

Twin Falls, ID

Twin Falls, ID

92.3% on-time 8,708 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 4,024).

Staunton, VA

Staunton, VA

4,017 flights 84.7% on-time

Del Rio, TX

Del Rio, TX

3,957 flights 88.9% on-time

West Yellowstone, MT

West Yellowstone, MT

3,872 flights 87.9% on-time

Pueblo, CO

Pueblo, CO

3,776 flights 88.8% on-time

Other Airports in U.S. Pacific Trust Territories and Possessions

Compare performance with other U.S. Pacific Trust Territories and Possessions airports.

GUM 90.6%

Guam, TT

Guam · 8,429 flights
PPG 74.6%

Pago Pago, TT

Pago Pago · 1,005 flights

SPN delay-share reading

The standout signal at Saipan, TT is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 58.8% of 10,708 delay minutes across 4,024 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 94.8% (15.8 pts above the 79% national average), with 210 delayed and 15 cancelled (0.37%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (58.8% late-aircraft, 26.7% carrier, 4.8% NAS, 9.7% 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, SPN is strongest in April (98.6% on-time) and weakest in July (95.4%), a 3.2-point swing. Volume peaks in August (~61 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to GUM (Guam) at 95.5% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for U.S. Pacific Trust Territories and Possessions: U.S. Pacific Trust Territories and Possessions 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 SPN's data

SPN'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 SPN before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in April rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 10.9 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.