Air travel

How often are flights at Ontario (ONT) late?

In the 12 months through August 2026, 19.2% of flights leaving Ontario (ONT) left 15 or more minutes late, the 27th fewest of the 102 U.S. airports with at least 10,000 departures, against 22.9% of all U.S. flights. Airlines cancelled 0.9% of its scheduled departures (1.9% nationwide), the 12th fewest of the 102. Its worst month was June 2026, when 26.4% left late. Flights scheduled to leave in the 8 p.m. hour were late most often (37.2%), and those before 6 a.m. least often (5.5%).

Left 15+ minutes late

19.2%

The 27th fewest of 102 airports

Cancelled

0.9%

The 12th fewest of 102 airports

Worst month

June 2026

26.4% left late

Flights leaving Ontario (ONT) 15+ minutes late, each month

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Flights leaving Ontario (ONT) 15+ minutes late, by scheduled departure hour

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Hours are local time at Ontario. Delays build through the day as late planes make their next flights late too. Hours with fewer than about one flight a day are left out.

The numbers

Departures from Ontario (ONT) each month and each scheduled departure hour.

Flights leaving Ontario (ONT) by month
Month Scheduled Left late Cancelled
September 2025 2,177 15.2% 0.5%
October 2025 2,265 19.0% 0.5%
November 2025 2,184 17.5% 2.1%
December 2025 2,132 20.6% 0.7%
January 2026 1,892 16.3% 1.7%
February 2026 1,734 15.2% 0.3%
March 2026 2,081 15.5% 1.0%
April 2026 2,119 19.0% 0.3%
May 2026 2,298 20.8% 0.7%
June 2026 2,304 26.4% 1.0%
July 2026 2,377 22.5% 0.9%
August 2026 2,228 19.8% 0.8%
Flights leaving Ontario (ONT) by departure hour
Departure hour Scheduled Left late Cancelled
Before 6 a.m. 1,588 5.5% 0.6%
6 a.m. 3,770 6.1% 0.7%
7 a.m. 1,582 7.7% 1.1%
8 a.m. 1,443 11.4% 0.8%
9 a.m. 1,274 12.5% 0.8%
10 a.m. 1,607 18.2% 0.8%
11 a.m. 1,345 18.8% 1.0%
Noon 1,739 23.7% 1.2%
1 p.m. 1,967 25.6% 0.6%
2 p.m. 1,064 33.1% 1.5%
3 p.m. 1,148 30.3% 1.0%
4 p.m. 1,385 27.4% 0.9%
5 p.m. 1,262 23.6% 0.9%
6 p.m. 1,215 32.8% 0.6%
7 p.m. 847 30.0% 0.5%
8 p.m. 662 37.2% 0.5%
9 p.m. 517 33.9% 0.2%
10 p.m. 785 17.2% 1.4%
11 p.m. 591 22.5% 2.9%

Source and notes

U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Performance (Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, 1987–present) (Public domain (U.S. government work)). Data from September 2025 through August 2026.

These are domestic flights of the large U.S. airlines that report to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, including the regional airlines that fly for them. A flight is late when it leaves its gate 15 or more minutes after its scheduled time, out of the flights that left; cancellations are out of the flights scheduled. BTS posts each month about two months after it ends, and this page moves on a month when it does.