Best time to fly out of Binghamton (BGM)
Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link field did not fly enough departures in this window to split the day into time bands. Not enough flights to say. A percentage needs at least 100 flights behind it before it is worth printing; anything thinner is noise wearing a decimal point. These are historical odds, not forecasts. The records say what happened on this schedule over three years; they know nothing about tomorrow’s thunderstorm.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
On-time rate by hour and day
On this page, “on time” means a departure that pushed back less than 15 minutes behind its scheduled time — the Bureau of Transportation Statistics definition, and the one airlines are held to.
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Not enough flights to say — fewer than 100 in this window.
The year at BGM
July was the hard month at BGM: 82.4% of departures left on time, across 117 flights. October was the easy one at 95.8%. Each month pools three years of that month, so a single bad week does not decide it.
| Month | Share departures that left on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | Not enough flights to say | 59 |
| February | Not enough flights to say | 43 |
| March | Not enough flights to say | 31 |
| April | Not enough flights to say | 30 |
| May | Not enough flights to say | 81 |
| June | Not enough flights to say | 90 |
| July | 82.4% | 117 |
| August | 87.8% | 120 |
| September | 90.8% | 114 |
| October | 95.8% | 120 |
| November | 83.8% | 113 |
| December | Not enough flights to say | 100 |
Airlines at BGM
Every airline with at least 100 departures from BGM, busiest first. These are that airline’s departures from this airport only — its record across the country sits on its own page.
| Airline | Left on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endeavor Air | 89.4% | 140 min | 3.7% | 696 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 79.2% | 87 min | 1.2% | 322 |
What delays out of BGM were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 165 flights that departed BGM and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 55.4% put down to airline operations and 20.2% to late-arriving aircraft.
- Late-arriving aircraft 20.2%
- Airline operations 55.4%
- Air traffic & airport volume 13.1%
- Severe weather 11.3%
- Security 0%
Late-arriving aircraft is the knock-on category: the plane came in late, so it went out late again. It is why a 7am problem in Newark is still a problem in Denver at dinnertime, and why it is usually the biggest slice on the bar.
If you are connecting through BGM
Of 1,018 scheduled arrivals into BGM, 80.4% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 167 arrivals that ran late, 48.5% were no more than 45 minutes behind — which is the difference between a tight connection and a new boarding pass.
Work out a specific layover — pick the airport and the minutes you have, and the tool reads the same arrival records back as a share.
Busiest routes out of BGM
Ranked by flights, with the share that arrived on time at the far end. Where a route carries enough flights for a page of its own the chip goes there; otherwise it goes to the destination airport.
BGM in one number
Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link field (BGM)
Rank 331 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: —. Hardest month: July.
Questions about BGM
- What is the worst month to fly out of BGM?
- July: 82.4% of the departures that flew left on time, with 117 scheduled. October was the other end of the year at 95.8%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- Which airline is most on time at BGM?
- Endeavor Air — 89.4% of its 696 departures from BGM left on time. SkyWest Airlines sat at the other end at 79.2% over 322 flights. Only airlines with at least 100 departures here are ranked.
- How often are flights cancelled at BGM?
- 2.9% of scheduled departures were cancelled over July 2023 through June 2026. Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled, not against everything that flew — a rate that looks small still adds up to real people in a rebooking line.