Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) delays & on-time performance
Austin, Texas · 85 nonstop destinations · 13 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at AUS right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.2%
1,061 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
70 min when late
Departed on time
75%
avg taxi-out 16 min
Figures cover 89,507 departures from AUS; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into AUS were on time 77% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
- 1.2% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (82% on time); Southwest Airlines was the least (73%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (94% on time); around 8pm did worst (62%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (43%).
Most delayed routes from AUS
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- BOS · Boston65%1,673 flts
- DCA · Washington66%364 flts
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale67%1,167 flts
- LGB · Long Beach68%428 flts
- HOU · Houston69%1,349 flts
- MCO · Orlando72%2,832 flts
- SMF · Sacramento72%385 flts
- ORD · Chicago73%3,171 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas73%2,878 flts
- HRL · Harlingen/San Benito73%708 flts
Most reliable routes from AUS
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- IAD · Washington90%1,042 flts
- DTW · Detroit88%1,321 flts
- PDX · Portland88%607 flts
- MFE · Mission/McAllen/Edinburg84%1,032 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles82%4,091 flts
- SEA · Seattle82%2,067 flts
- SLC · Salt Lake City82%1,785 flts
- ATL · Atlanta82%4,523 flts
- JAX · Jacksonville82%650 flts
- CMH · Columbus81%414 flts
Best airline at AUS
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines | 84% | 0.8% | 9 min | 3 | 1,956 |
| Delta Air Lines | 82% | 1.5% | 15 min | 18 | 13,127 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 81% | 0.8% | 17 min | 26 | 8,262 |
| United Airlines | 80% | 1.2% | 16 min | 8 | 10,876 |
| Envoy Air | 78% | 2.6% | 24 min | 9 | 823 |
| American Airlines | 76% | 2.5% | 28 min | 11 | 11,597 |
| Southwest Airlines | 73% | 0.6% | 15 min | 58 | 38,365 |
| Frontier Airlines | 73% | 1.6% | 23 min | 13 | 1,859 |
| Republic Airways | 72% | 4.3% | 48 min | 4 | 140 |
| JetBlue | 66% | 1.8% | 28 min | 2 | 849 |
| Allegiant Air | 66% | 0.3% | 30 min | 12 | 633 |
| PSA Airlines | 66% | 7.2% | 29 min | 1 | 125 |
| Spirit Airlines | 63% | 5.9% | 31 min | 7 | 895 |
Best time to fly out of AUS
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am94%4,260 flts
- 6am91%6,876 flts
- 7am87%6,855 flts
- 8am87%5,569 flts
- 9am86%4,268 flts
- 10am84%4,656 flts
- 11am82%4,336 flts
- 12pm77%6,180 flts
- 1pm74%5,380 flts
- 2pm72%6,140 flts
- 3pm69%6,679 flts
- 4pm65%6,021 flts
- 5pm65%5,714 flts
- 6pm65%5,516 flts
- 7pm70%5,457 flts
- 8pm62%2,895 flts
- 9pm59%1,714 flts
- 10pm72%991 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft43%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)33%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
- Extreme weather4%
- 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.