Will your flight be late?

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27%average chance of a late departure on Friday
2%average chance of a cancellation on Friday

Typical odds Too early for a weather forecast — these are typical odds for departures at these airports on a Friday in October, from the weather this date has had in past years. They’ll switch to forecast-based odds about 3 days before departure.

Schedule: the flights that flew on Friday, Oct 23, re-dated. Real flights replace these once airlines file their FAA flight plans, usually about a day ahead.

Airports on Friday, October 30

Typical odds for Fri, Oct 30, worst first. Forecast issued Mon 12:00 PM ET.

  • Chance a departure that hour leaves 15+ min late on a normal day
  • Extra today
LGA New York LaGuardia #1
38% leave 15+ min late
4% cancelled, ~23 of 520
+20 pts above normal
Worst hour 7 PM · 52% Clear
BOS Boston Logan #2
36% leave 15+ min late
5% cancelled, ~28 of 563
+19 pts above normal
Worst hour 9 PM · 55% Clear
EWR Newark #3
35% leave 15+ min late
4% cancelled, ~20 of 508
+13 pts above normal
Worst hour 6 PM · 50% Clear
FLL Fort Lauderdale #4
31% leave 15+ min late
2% cancelled, ~7 of 307
+9 pts above normal
Worst hour 8 PM · 48% Clear
JFK New York JFK #5
30% leave 15+ min late
6% cancelled, ~31 of 562
+13 pts above normal
Worst hour 9 PM · 42% Clear
DFW Dallas–Fort Worth #6
29% leave 15+ min late
2% cancelled, ~18 of 1055
+6 pts above normal
Worst hour 6 PM · 38% Clear
BWI Baltimore/Washington #7
29% leave 15+ min late
1% cancelled, ~4 of 291
+7 pts above normal
Worst hour 7 PM · 44% Clear
SFO San Francisco #8
28% leave 15+ min late
1% cancelled, ~7 of 615
+7 pts above normal
Worst hour 2 PM · 40% Clear
DCA Washington National #9
28% leave 15+ min late
3% cancelled, ~12 of 435
+9 pts above normal
Worst hour 6 PM · 40% Clear
PHL Philadelphia #10
28% leave 15+ min late
3% cancelled, ~12 of 454
+9 pts above normal
Worst hour 5 PM · 38% Clear
MIA Miami #11
28% leave 15+ min late
2% cancelled, ~7 of 473
+4 pts above normal
Worst hour 7 PM · 39% Clear
IAH Houston Bush #12
27% leave 15+ min late
3% cancelled, ~16 of 621
+8 pts above normal
Worst hour 5 PM · 36% Clear
LAS Las Vegas #13
26% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~5 of 604
+2 pts above normal
Worst hour 9 PM · 40% Clear
CLT Charlotte #14
26% leave 15+ min late
2% cancelled, ~13 of 762
+6 pts above normal
Worst hour 8 PM · 36% Clear
ORD Chicago O'Hare #15
26% leave 15+ min late
2% cancelled, ~21 of 1308
+5 pts above normal
Worst hour 7 PM · 35% Clear
ATL Atlanta #16
26% leave 15+ min late
1% cancelled, ~14 of 1135
+9 pts above normal
Worst hour 6 PM · 37% Clear
DEN Denver #17
26% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~9 of 1040
+5 pts above normal
Worst hour 6 PM · 37% Clear
PHX Phoenix #18
26% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~6 of 656
+1 pt above normal
Worst hour 10 PM · 39% Clear
MCO Orlando #19
25% leave 15+ min late
1% cancelled, ~7 of 544
+5 pts above normal
Worst hour 8 PM · 38% Clear
LAX Los Angeles #20
24% leave 15+ min late
1% cancelled, ~8 of 758
+2 pts above normal
Worst hour 7 PM · 31% Clear
SEA Seattle–Tacoma #21
23% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~5 of 601
+5 pts above normal
Worst hour 8 PM · 30% Clear
DTW Detroit #22
22% leave 15+ min late
1% cancelled, ~6 of 459
+6 pts above normal
Worst hour 5 PM · 32% Clear
IAD Washington Dulles #23
21% leave 15+ min late
2% cancelled, ~6 of 367
+6 pts above normal
Worst hour 6 PM · 31% Clear
MSP Minneapolis–St Paul #24
18% leave 15+ min late
1% cancelled, ~5 of 465
+4 pts above normal
Worst hour 4 PM · 26% Clear
SLC Salt Lake City #25
16% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~2 of 369
+2 pts above normal
Worst hour 7 PM · 27% Clear
Table view
#AirportFAA status Late departureVs. normalCancelled
1LGA New York LaGuardia Normal operations38%+20 pts 4%
2BOS Boston Logan Normal operations36%+19 pts 5%
3EWR Newark Normal operations35%+13 pts 4%
4FLL Fort Lauderdale Normal operations31%+9 pts 2%
5JFK New York JFK Normal operations30%+13 pts 6%
6DFW Dallas–Fort Worth Normal operations29%+6 pts 2%
7BWI Baltimore/Washington Normal operations29%+7 pts 1%
8SFO San Francisco Normal operations28%+7 pts 1%
9DCA Washington National Normal operations28%+9 pts 3%
10PHL Philadelphia Normal operations28%+9 pts 3%
11MIA Miami Normal operations28%+4 pts 2%
12IAH Houston Bush Normal operations27%+8 pts 3%
13LAS Las Vegas Normal operations26%+2 pts <1%
14CLT Charlotte Normal operations26%+6 pts 2%
15ORD Chicago O'Hare Normal operations26%+5 pts 2%
16ATL Atlanta Normal operations26%+9 pts 1%
17DEN Denver Normal operations26%+5 pts <1%
18PHX Phoenix Normal operations26%+1 pt <1%
19MCO Orlando Normal operations25%+5 pts 1%
20LAX Los Angeles Normal operations24%+2 pts 1%
21SEA Seattle–Tacoma Normal operations23%+5 pts <1%
22DTW Detroit Normal operations22%+6 pts 1%
23IAD Washington Dulles Normal operations21%+6 pts 2%
24MSP Minneapolis–St Paul Normal operations18%+4 pts 1%
25SLC Salt Lake City Normal operations16%+2 pts <1%

“Above normal” (the red part of each bar) is how much worse the late-departure chance is than our estimate for the same flights on a normal day — today that’s the weather forecast; live FAA and airport conditions will join it. Every chart uses the same scale. Airports with too little flight data aren’t shown. Schedule: the flights that flew on Friday, Oct 23, re-dated. Real flights replace these once airlines file their FAA flight plans, usually about a day ahead.

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Will a typical JFK departure be cancelled Friday?JFK · New York JFK 6% Yes 6% No 94% Will a typical BOS departure be cancelled Friday?BOS · Boston Logan 5% Yes 5% No 95% Will a typical LGA departure be cancelled Friday?LGA · New York LaGuardia 4% Yes 4% No 96% Will a typical EWR departure be cancelled Friday?EWR · Newark 4% Yes 4% No 96%