Albany International Airport (ALB) delays & on-time performance
Albany, New York · 21 nonstop destinations · 10 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at ALB right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.1%
265 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
86 min when late
Departed on time
81%
avg taxi-out 16 min
Figures cover 12,920 departures from ALB; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into ALB were on time 75% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Albany International Airport (ALB) arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 2.1% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (86% on time); Allegiant Air was the least (67%).
- Departures scheduled around 9am did best (90% on time); around 4pm did worst (67%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (37%).
Most delayed routes from ALB
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DCA · Washington67%1,185 flts
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale70%589 flts
- ORD · Chicago78%2,321 flts
- MCO · Orlando78%1,040 flts
- BNA · Nashville81%436 flts
- MDW · Chicago81%728 flts
- CLT · Charlotte83%1,111 flts
- DTW · Detroit83%1,095 flts
- ATL · Atlanta84%1,044 flts
- BWI · Baltimore89%1,764 flts
Most reliable routes from ALB
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- BWI · Baltimore89%1,764 flts
- ATL · Atlanta84%1,044 flts
- DTW · Detroit83%1,095 flts
- CLT · Charlotte83%1,111 flts
- MDW · Chicago81%728 flts
- BNA · Nashville81%436 flts
- MCO · Orlando78%1,040 flts
- ORD · Chicago78%2,321 flts
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale70%589 flts
- DCA · Washington67%1,185 flts
Best airline at ALB
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 86% | 1.9% | 16 min | 2 | 1,347 |
| Southwest Airlines | 83% | 1.3% | 11 min | 10 | 4,157 |
| Envoy Air | 83% | 1.9% | 17 min | 1 | 700 |
| American Airlines | 81% | 1.7% | 26 min | 3 | 1,313 |
| United Airlines | 79% | 1.6% | 20 min | 2 | 860 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 78% | 2.5% | 24 min | 2 | 1,088 |
| JetBlue | 76% | 1.6% | 19 min | 2 | 931 |
| Republic Airways | 73% | 4.2% | 21 min | 3 | 639 |
| PSA Airlines | 69% | 5.3% | 31 min | 2 | 1,127 |
| Allegiant Air | 67% | 0.9% | 26 min | 7 | 758 |
Best time to fly out of ALB
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am90%835 flts
- 6am89%2,169 flts
- 7am88%1,030 flts
- 8am87%651 flts
- 9am90%478 flts
- 10am80%228 flts
- 11am83%490 flts
- 12pm75%1,510 flts
- 1pm80%808 flts
- 2pm81%531 flts
- 3pm71%405 flts
- 4pm67%921 flts
- 5pm69%1,319 flts
- 6pm71%893 flts
- 7pm67%483 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)37%
- Late-arriving aircraft34%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion23%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.