Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) delays & on-time performance
Fort Wayne, Indiana · 14 nonstop destinations · 4 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at FWA right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.9%
185 flights
Avg arrival delay
29 min
103 min when late
Departed on time
76%
avg taxi-out 21 min
Figures cover 6,279 departures from FWA; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into FWA were on time 73% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
- 2.9% were cancelled, and 13% arrived an hour or more late.
- Envoy Air was the most punctual airline here (79% on time); Allegiant Air was the least (68%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (86% on time); around 4pm did worst (55%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (48%).
Most delayed routes from FWA
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ORD · Chicago68%2,763 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth79%1,031 flts
- DTW · Detroit80%680 flts
- ATL · Atlanta82%523 flts
Most reliable routes from FWA
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ATL · Atlanta82%523 flts
- DTW · Detroit80%680 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth79%1,031 flts
- ORD · Chicago68%2,763 flts
Best airline at FWA
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy Air | 79% | 2.3% | 16 min | 2 | 831 |
| PSA Airlines | 75% | 5.2% | 33 min | 3 | 443 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 72% | 3.5% | 31 min | 5 | 4,063 |
| Allegiant Air | 68% | 0.1% | 29 min | 8 | 942 |
Best time to fly out of FWA
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am86%299 flts
- 6am85%482 flts
- 7am78%851 flts
- 8am80%402 flts
- 9am78%257 flts
- 10am76%227 flts
- 11am79%396 flts
- 12pm75%403 flts
- 1pm71%481 flts
- 2pm78%431 flts
- 3pm58%105 flts
- 4pm55%408 flts
- 5pm69%265 flts
- 6pm60%755 flts
- 7pm65%302 flts
- 8pm56%117 flts
- 9pm65%69 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)48%
- Late-arriving aircraft26%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion18%
- Extreme weather8%
- 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.