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MIA vs IAD - 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
MIA

Miami, FL

Miami, Florida

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Airport B
IAD

Washington, DC

Washington, Virginia

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric MIA IAD
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 77.9% 84.1%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 78.6 min 81.3 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 22.1% 15.9%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.02% 1.05%
Total Flights 1,160,127 618,145
Delayed Flights 256,336 98,139
Cancelled Flights 11,802 6,473
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Carrier

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

MIA - Miami, FL

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

IAD - Washington, DC

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

Top Routes

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%

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%

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.