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BHM vs LAS - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
BHM

Birmingham, AL

Birmingham, Alabama

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Airport B
LAS

Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas, Nevada

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric BHM LAS
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 81.5% 78.0%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 73.9 min 65.8 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 18.5% 22.0%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.14% 1.02%
Total Flights 178,467 1,986,833
Delayed Flights 33,077 436,423
Cancelled Flights 2,031 20,330
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

BHM - Birmingham, AL

Late Aircraft 43.9%
Carrier 32.3%
NAS 16.5%
Weather 7.1%
Security 0.2%

LAS - Las Vegas, NV

Late Aircraft 42.2%
Carrier 36.3%
NAS 18.8%
Weather 2.5%
Security 0.2%

Top Routes

Top routes from BHM

Route Flights On-Time
ATL → BHM
Birmingham
16,520 86.4%
BHM → ATL
Atlanta
16,512 90.7%
CLT → BHM
Birmingham
11,809 81%
BHM → CLT
Charlotte
11,795 83.8%
DFW → BHM
Birmingham
11,643 76.1%
BHM → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
11,634 77.9%

Top routes from LAS

Route Flights On-Time
LAX → LAS
Las Vegas
55,240 78.9%
LAS → LAX
Los Angeles
55,149 79.4%
LAS → DEN
Denver
44,661 77.7%
DEN → LAS
Las Vegas
44,636 76.1%
LAS → SEA
Seattle
36,175 81.5%
SEA → LAS
Las Vegas
36,154 80.3%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.