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Newburgh/Poughkeepsie, NY

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Newburgh/Poughkeepsie, NY (SWF) ranks #306 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Newburgh/Poughkeepsie, NY posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

76.3%
On-time
Top 95%
on-time, US airports
80 min
Delay when late
2.13%
Cancelled
#306 of 382
Corpus placement
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SWF on-time rate vs. the national average

Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%76.3%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 83,979.

Late Aircraft 44.3% (37,172 min)
Carrier 26.6% (22,354 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 22.9% (19,254 min)
Weather 6.2% (5,167 min)
Security 0.0% (32 min)

SWF - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (90%) · worst: July (84.9%)

84%86%88%90%92% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 85.9%

SWF - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

80%85%90%95% 202020212022202320242025 93.5% 87.3% ▼ -6.6%

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

Average taxi-out 13.9 min · taxi-in 6.2 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min Jan 24Dec 25 18.8 min 16.7 min ▼ -11.2%

SWF's average taxi-out (13.9 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (January 2024, 18.8 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Newburgh/Poughkeepsie, NY.

Cancellation Rate

2.13%

152 of 7,137 flights

Diversion Rate

0.22%

16 of 7,137 flights

Delay Rate

23.7%

1,692 of 7,137 flights

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Newburgh/Poughkeepsie, 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: 76.3%).

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Fort Lauderdale, FL

76.4% on-time 1,010,982 flights

Belleville, IL

Belleville, IL

76.4% on-time 14,072 flights

San Juan, PR

San Juan, PR

76.1% on-time 366,579 flights

Provo, UT

Provo, UT

76.5% on-time 20,217 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 7,137).

Alpena, MI

Alpena, MI

7,108 flights 84.5% on-time

Cedar City, UT

Cedar City, UT

7,071 flights 92% on-time

Stockton, CA

Stockton, CA

7,206 flights 72.6% on-time

Cody, WY

Cody, WY

7,056 flights 78.9% on-time

Other Airports in New York

Compare performance with other New York airports.

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Rochester, NY

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White Plains, NY

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Islip, NY

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SWF delay-share reading

The standout signal at Newburgh/Poughkeepsie, NY is on-time standing: 76.3% (2.7 pts below the 79% national flight-weighted average; roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance) across 7,137 BTS flights (2020–2025). When a departure runs late, the average delay is 80.2 minutes; cancellations run 2.13%.

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (44.3% late-aircraft, 26.6% carrier, 22.9% NAS, 6.2% 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, SWF is strongest in September (90% on-time) and weakest in July (84.9%), a 5.1-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~136 flights/month). 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 SWF's data

SWF'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.

  • Compare SWF against airports with a similar on-time rate. Compare airports
  • Travel in September rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 13.9 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

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