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Spring break 2025 flight delays: press kit

By the numbers, Spring break 2025 was an ordinary stretch of flying. The on-time rate held to 80.5% from 79.8% in the surrounding weeks, late flights averaged 71 minutes against 72, and cancellations were 0.97% against 1.27%, all inside the range a normal fortnight produces.

Five-point summary

• 80.5% of 313,707 flights arrived on time, against 79.8% in the two weeks either side (no measurable holiday effect).
• Cancellations: 0.97% against 1.27%. Delayed flights averaged 71 minutes late against 72.
• Worst day: Sunday 16 March 2025, 55.9% on time.
• Largest airport decline against its own normal weeks: Anchorage (ANC), 87.3% to 81.1%.
• Best departure window: 5am–8am (90.5%). Most punctual large carrier: Republic Airways (84.3%).

Chart

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Data

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Cite as

Window: Monday 10 March 2025 to Tuesday 25 March 2025. On time means arriving less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time. Historical statistics, not a forecast. Source data is a US federal government work in the public domain.