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IAD 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
IAD

Washington, DC

Washington, Virginia

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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 IAD PWM
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 84.1% 82.2%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 81.3 min 80.8 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 15.9% 17.8%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.05% 1.56%
Total Flights 618,145 120,951
Delayed Flights 98,139 21,471
Cancelled Flights 6,473 1,886
Top Delay Cause Carrier Late Aircraft

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

IAD - Washington, DC

Carrier 37.9%
Late Aircraft 30.2%
NAS 22.4%
Weather 9.5%
Security 0.1%

PWM - Portland, ME

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

Top Routes

Top routes from IAD

Route Flights On-Time
IAD → ATL
Atlanta
20,387 84.2%
ATL → IAD
Washington
20,375 84%
DEN → IAD
Washington
17,394 79.1%
IAD → DEN
Denver
17,372 83.1%
CLT → IAD
Washington
13,324 83.6%
IAD → CLT
Charlotte
13,287 83.5%

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.