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BWI vs PWM - 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
BWI

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, Maryland

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Airport B
PWM

Portland, ME

Portland, Maine

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric BWI PWM
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 78.0% 82.2%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 61.0 min 80.8 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 22.0% 17.8%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.25% 1.56%
Total Flights 1,049,006 120,951
Delayed Flights 230,270 21,471
Cancelled Flights 13,150 1,886
Top Delay Cause Carrier Late Aircraft

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

BWI - Baltimore, MD

Carrier 38.9%
Late Aircraft 38.2%
NAS 18.9%
Weather 3.7%
Security 0.3%

PWM - Portland, ME

Late Aircraft 36.0%
Carrier 34.9%
NAS 22.6%
Weather 6.5%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from BWI

Route Flights On-Time
ATL → BWI
Baltimore
31,846 80.2%
BWI → ATL
Atlanta
31,798 82.1%
MCO → BWI
Baltimore
29,125 77%
BWI → MCO
Orlando
29,050 76.2%
BWI → FLL
Fort Lauderdale
21,397 77.2%
FLL → BWI
Baltimore
21,264 79%

Top routes from PWM

Route Flights On-Time
PWM → BWI
Baltimore
7,230 82.7%
BWI → PWM
Portland
7,227 75.9%
PWM → LGA
New York
6,808 83.8%
LGA → PWM
Portland
6,805 83.1%
PWM → DCA
Washington
6,201 80.2%
DCA → PWM
Portland
6,198 78.5%

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.