Airport month record
BWIFEB
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall in February 2026
- Departures
- 6,552
- Month
- February 2026
- National, same month
- 80.2%
- Carriers
- 8
Historical statistics for February 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s February. For today’s conditions at BWI, see live FAA status.
BWI in February carries a cancellation problem, not just a delay problem: 3.6% of scheduled flights never operate, against 2.3% nationally. Of the ones that do fly, more than four flights in five arrive on time, worth a B− overall. The punctuality figure counts only flights that actually departed, so it flatters an operation that cancels this often. That rests on 6,552 flights, with a median arrival 9 minutes early.
Key figures
On time
83.1%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 6,309 completed departures
Avg delay
58 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
3.59%
Nationally in February: 2.25%
Whole year
77.6%
BWI across all twelve months
These figures cover 6,552 departures from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall in February 2026. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
February next to BWI's other months
Against BWI's own year, February ran 6 points better than the twelve-month rate of 77.6%, which makes it number two of twelve months, best first. Cancellations are where February stands out: 3.59% of scheduled departures were called off, 2.1 times the airport's rate across the year. Either side of it, January ran 82.9% on time and March 74.6%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 8,922 | 66.2% | 92 min | 3.64% | C− |
| August 2025 | 8,381 | 78.8% | 62 min | 0.76% | B+ |
| September 2025 | 7,968 | 85.5% | 56 min | 0.18% | A+ |
| October 2025 | 8,475 | 81.4% | 49 min | 0.14% | B+ |
| November 2025 | 7,721 | 82.9% | 62 min | 1.80% | B |
| December 2025 | 7,863 | 70.4% | 54 min | 1.27% | C |
| January 2026 | 6,934 | 82.9% | 53 min | 5.61% | B− |
| February 2026 (this page) | 6,552 | 83.1% | 58 min | 3.59% | B− |
| March 2026 | 7,803 | 74.6% | 69 min | 2.58% | C |
| April 2026 | 8,041 | 79.9% | 55 min | 0.34% | B+ |
| May 2026 | 8,161 | 76.7% | 59 min | 0.28% | B+ |
| June 2026 | 8,045 | 70.9% | 63 min | 1.16% | C |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave BWI in February
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 19 points, against half a point between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am971 flights93.3%
- 8am–11am1,500 flights91.2%
- 11am–2pm955 flights83.5%
- 2pm–5pm1,009 flights78.9%
- 5pm–8pm1,264 flights73.9%
- 8pm–5am853 flights75.8%
Scale runs 65% to 100%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 93.3% of the time, against 73.9% for the evening window. That is 19 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 8am–11am window is the busiest, with 1,500 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 89.3% on time and Sunday the weakest at 78.7%. 11 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at BWI in February
Only one carrier clears this site's 365-flight floor here, so there is no comparison to draw. The table below is the full picture.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 5,090 | 82.9% | 52 min | 3.73% | B− |
| Delta Air Linesthin sample | 346 | 91.7% | 63 min | 2.60% | A |
| United Airlinesthin sample | 268 | 84.1% | 52 min | 1.49% | B |
| American Airlinesthin sample | 250 | 81.2% | 110 min | 2.00% | B |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 201 | 78.7% | 72 min | 1.99% | B |
| Spirit Airlinesthin sample | 186 | 77.5% | 77 min | 6.99% | B− |
| Republic Airwaysthin sample | 94 | 86.2% | 141 min | 7.45% | A− |
| Envoy Airthin sample | 85 | 85.4% | 85 min | 3.53% | A− |
Route by route
Busiest routes out of BWI in February
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BWI to MCO · Orlando | 395 | 73.6% | 66 min | 4.05% | C− |
| BWI to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 348 | 89.4% | 67 min | 2.30% | A |
| BWI to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 283 | 81.5% | 79 min | 3.89% | B− |
| BWI to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 235 | 83.2% | 67 min | 8.94% | B− |
| BWI to TPA · Tampathin sample | 205 | 85.6% | 46 min | 4.88% | A− |
| BWI to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 189 | 84.6% | 58 min | 3.17% | B− |
| BWI to DEN · Denverthin sample | 184 | 78.5% | 51 min | 1.63% | B |
| BWI to MIA · Miamithin sample | 183 | 75.7% | 80 min | 3.28% | B− |
| BWI to ORD · Chicagothin sample | 166 | 82.7% | 68 min | 2.41% | B |
| BWI to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 138 | 84.4% | 55 min | 2.17% | B |
| BWI to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 132 | 92.1% | 64 min | 4.55% | A− |
| BWI to MHT · Manchesterthin sample | 130 | 86.6% | 71 min | 2.31% | A |
| BWI to ALB · Albanythin sample | 130 | 82.5% | 45 min | 3.08% | B− |
| BWI to BDL · Hartfordthin sample | 130 | 85.2% | 30 min | 6.15% | A− |
| BWI to PVD · Providencethin sample | 130 | 80.7% | 44 min | 8.46% | B− |
| BWI to BUF · Buffalothin sample | 129 | 80.5% | 48 min | 3.88% | B− |
| BWI to RSW · Fort Myersthin sample | 127 | 82.8% | 70 min | 3.15% | B− |
| BWI to RDU · Raleighthin sample | 123 | 84.5% | 34 min | 5.69% | B− |
| BWI to DAL · Dallasthin sample | 121 | 84.2% | 32 min | 5.79% | B− |
| BWI to MDW · Chicagothin sample | 117 | 82.1% | 43 min | 3.42% | B− |
| BWI to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 113 | 75.2% | 59 min | 3.54% | B− |
| BWI to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 113 | 85.6% | 60 min | 1.77% | A |
| BWI to ORF · Norfolkthin sample | 111 | 85.5% | 44 min | 0.90% | A+ |
| BWI to SRQ · Sarasotathin sample | 103 | 82.8% | 52 min | 3.88% | B− |
| BWI to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 102 | 85.9% | 77 min | 2.94% | A |
Delay causes
What held BWI up in February
Carriers report a reason for every delay minute they cause, in five DOT categories. The split below is by minutes, not by number of flights, so a handful of very long weather delays weighs as much as many short ones. It covers 61,000 reported delay minutes.
- 40%Late-arriving aircraft
- 40%Carrier
- 19%National Airspace System
- 1%Extreme weather
- 1%Security
40% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 61,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 40 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 61,490 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations run at 3.59%, against 2.25% nationally. That is about one flight in 30 cancelled outright. A cancelled flight is invisible in every on-time figure on this page, so the punctuality numbers above describe only the flights that actually operated.
Badly late arrivals are rare here: only 4.7% land an hour or more behind schedule, against 6.5% nationally. Connections built on this flight are about as safe as US domestic connections get, though a cancelled flight still ignores every layover you give it.
What to do with this
Flying from BWI in February
For a February trip through BWI: this is one of the better months to be flying from here, 83.1% on time with 3.59% cancelled. That is a base rate for the month as a whole; a single storm can still spoil a particular day.
Related
Where to go next
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI), the whole year
- BWI in July66.2%
- BWI in August78.8%
- BWI in September85.5%
- BWI in October81.4%
- BWI in November82.9%
- BWI in December70.4%
- BWI in January82.9%
- BWI in March74.6%
- BWI in April79.9%
- BWI in May76.7%
- BWI in June70.9%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.