Newburgh/Poughkeepsie, NY

What the Data Says About SWF

Newburgh/Poughkeepsie, NY in Newburgh/Poughkeepsie, New York handled 7,137 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 76.3% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 1,692 experienced delays, 152 were cancelled, and 16 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 2.13%, the diversion rate to 0.22%, and the average delay when departures run late is 80.2 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing SWF against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at SWF, Late Aircraft leads the pack. Late Aircraft accounts for 44.3% of total delay minutes, followed by Carrier at 26.6% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 22.9%. Weather contributes 6.2% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.0%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, September runs the cleanest at SWF with a 90% on-time rate, while July is the roughest at 84.9% — a 5-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in March, when average flights hit 136. Combine these numbers — 76.3% on-time, 80.2-minute average delay, 2.13% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Newburgh/Poughkeepsie, NY.