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Airport · USA · Concord, North Carolina

Concord, NC

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Concord, NC (USA) ranks #245 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Concord, NC posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

72.4%
On-time
Top 99%
on-time, US airports
81 min
Delay when late
3.26%
Cancelled
#245 of 382
Corpus placement
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USA on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%72.4%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 142,458.

Late Aircraft 55.3% (78,709 min)
Carrier 27.2% (38,786 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 12.8% (18,262 min)
Weather 4.7% (6,668 min)
Security 0.0% (33 min)

USA - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: February (88.4%) · worst: December (78.9%)

75%80%85%90% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 78.9%

USA - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

75%80%85%90%95% 202020212022202320242025 93.4% 78% ▼ -16.5%

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

Average taxi-out 12.9 min · taxi-in 6.2 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min12 min14 min16 min Jan 24Dec 25 12.3 min 12.9 min ▲ +4.9%

USA's average taxi-out (12.9 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (August 2025, 15.4 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Concord, NC.

Cancellation Rate

3.26%

354 of 10,857 flights

Diversion Rate

0.11%

12 of 10,857 flights

Delay Rate

27.6%

2,995 of 10,857 flights

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Concord, NC, both outside North Carolina 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: 72.4%).

Stockton, CA

Stockton, CA

72.6% on-time 7,206 flights

Aspen, CO

Aspen, CO

73.5% on-time 78,805 flights

Sanford, FL

Sanford, FL

74.1% on-time 113,898 flights

Columbus, OH

Columbus, OH

74.3% on-time 12,681 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 10,857).

Lewiston, ID

Lewiston, ID

10,808 flights 89.7% on-time

Texarkana, AR

Texarkana, AR

10,935 flights 86.4% on-time

Wichita Falls, TX

Wichita Falls, TX

10,644 flights 86.5% on-time

Grand Island, NE

Grand Island, NE

11,218 flights 82.4% on-time

Other Airports in North Carolina

Compare performance with other North Carolina airports.

CLT 82%

Charlotte, NC

Charlotte · 2,345,248 flights
RDU 81.6%

Raleigh/Durham, NC

Raleigh/Durham · 616,332 flights
GSO 84.6%

Greensboro/High Point, NC

Greensboro/High Point · 116,389 flights
AVL 80%

Asheville, NC

Asheville · 114,713 flights
ILM 83.9%

Wilmington, NC

Wilmington · 80,728 flights
FAY 86.9%

Fayetteville, NC

Fayetteville · 22,542 flights
OAJ 87.4%

Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, NC

Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune · 20,873 flights
EWN 85.7%

New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC

New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort · 8,887 flights

USA delay-share reading

The standout signal at Concord, NC is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 55.3% of 142,458 delay minutes across 10,857 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 72.4% (6.6 pts below the 79% national average), with 2,995 delayed and 354 cancelled (3.26%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (55.3% late-aircraft, 27.2% carrier, 12.8% NAS, 4.7% weather, 0.0% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, USA is strongest in February (88.4% on-time) and weakest in December (78.9%), a 9.5-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~174 flights/month). Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for North Carolina: North Carolina 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 USA's data

USA'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 USA against airports with a similar on-time rate. Compare airports
  • Travel in February rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 12.9 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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