Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD) delays & on-time performance
Providence, Rhode Island · 23 nonstop destinations · 10 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at PVD 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
2.8%
437 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
78 min when late
Departed on time
80%
avg taxi-out 15 min
Figures cover 15,595 departures from PVD; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into PVD were on time 75% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD) arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 2.8% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (85% on time); PSA Airlines was the least (70%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (90% on time); around 5pm did worst (64%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (37%).
Most delayed routes from PVD
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale69%538 flts
- DCA · Washington72%2,424 flts
- ORD · Chicago75%1,686 flts
- PBI · West Palm Beach/Palm Beach76%425 flts
- MCO · Orlando77%1,592 flts
- DTW · Detroit77%820 flts
- TPA · Tampa81%467 flts
- CLT · Charlotte82%1,461 flts
- PHL · Philadelphia82%702 flts
- BNA · Nashville82%380 flts
Most reliable routes from PVD
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- JFK · New York96%365 flts
- BWI · Baltimore87%1,870 flts
- ATL · Atlanta86%1,134 flts
- MDW · Chicago85%777 flts
- BNA · Nashville82%380 flts
- PHL · Philadelphia82%702 flts
- CLT · Charlotte82%1,461 flts
- TPA · Tampa81%467 flts
- DTW · Detroit77%820 flts
- MCO · Orlando77%1,592 flts
Best airline at PVD
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 85% | 2.7% | 13 min | 3 | 1,322 |
| Southwest Airlines | 83% | 1.6% | 11 min | 13 | 5,165 |
| Envoy Air | 82% | 4.9% | 18 min | 2 | 346 |
| American Airlines | 81% | 2.6% | 21 min | 4 | 2,497 |
| JetBlue | 78% | 2.4% | 16 min | 8 | 2,567 |
| Republic Airways | 78% | 4.9% | 16 min | 4 | 405 |
| United Airlines | 76% | 2.5% | 11 min | 1 | 119 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 73% | 3.1% | 28 min | 2 | 1,495 |
| PSA Airlines | 70% | 6.6% | 29 min | 3 | 1,537 |
| Allegiant Air | 61% | 0.7% | 28 min | 1 | 142 |
Best time to fly out of PVD
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am90%1,186 flts
- 6am90%2,342 flts
- 7am88%1,410 flts
- 8am83%1,033 flts
- 9am89%632 flts
- 10am84%487 flts
- 11am79%754 flts
- 12pm78%1,295 flts
- 1pm78%951 flts
- 2pm77%680 flts
- 3pm69%738 flts
- 4pm70%1,086 flts
- 5pm64%1,202 flts
- 6pm72%755 flts
- 7pm66%800 flts
- 8pm59%164 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft37%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)34%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion25%
- 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.