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BHM vs MIA - 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
MIA

Miami, FL

Miami, Florida

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric BHM MIA
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 81.5% 77.9%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 73.9 min 78.6 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 18.5% 22.1%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.14% 1.02%
Total Flights 178,467 1,160,127
Delayed Flights 33,077 256,336
Cancelled Flights 2,031 11,802
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%

MIA - Miami, FL

Late Aircraft 37.5%
Carrier 35.8%
NAS 20.4%
Weather 5.9%
Security 0.3%

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 MIA

Route Flights On-Time
ATL → MIA
Miami
37,418 76.7%
MIA → ATL
Atlanta
37,400 76.9%
MIA → JFK
New York
30,548 73.1%
JFK → MIA
Miami
30,546 75.6%
LGA → MIA
Miami
30,353 76.9%
MIA → LGA
New York
30,316 75.4%

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.