Holiday travel
US holiday flight delays
Each US travel holiday set against the two weeks either side of it, year by year. A holiday-year is written up only when its window carries at least 50,000 flights and moves the on-time rate by 3 points, the average delay by 5 minutes or cancellations by 2 points. Holidays are listed by when they next come round. Historical statistics, not forecasts.
Coming up
Every holiday, next one first
Next: Friday 9 October to Monday 12 October 2026 · data expected December 2026
2025: 74.4% on time against 81.8% in normal weeks.
Next: Tuesday 10 November to Thursday 12 November 2026 · data expected January 2027
2025: 78.0% on time against 79.8% in normal weeks.
Next: Saturday 21 November to Sunday 29 November 2026 · data expected January 2027
2025: 77.8% on time against 76.3% in normal weeks.
Next: Sunday 20 December to Sunday 3 January 2027 · data expected March 2027
2025: 72.4% on time against 78.9% in normal weeks.
Martin Luther King Jr. weekend
Next: Friday 15 January to Monday 18 January 2027 · data expected March 2027
2026: 76.8% on time against 80.3% in normal weeks.
Next: Friday 12 February to Monday 15 February 2027 · data expected April 2027
2026: 78.2% on time against 80.6% in normal weeks.
Next: Wednesday 10 March to Thursday 25 March 2027 · data expected May 2027
2026: 73.1% on time against 78.9% in normal weeks.
Next: Friday 26 March to Monday 29 March 2027 · data expected May 2027
2026: 78.2% on time against 80.1% in normal weeks.
Next: Friday 28 May to Monday 31 May 2027 · data expected July 2027
2026: 74.2% on time against 78.8% in normal weeks.
Next: Thursday 1 July to Wednesday 7 July 2027 · data expected September 2027
2025: 72.7% on time against 70.1% in normal weeks.
Next: Friday 3 September to Monday 6 September 2027 · data expected November 2027
2025: 81.0% on time against 81.5% in normal weeks.
Rankings
Holidays compared
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.