Best time to fly out of Bishop (FNT)
The early-flight folk wisdom holds up at Bishop: departures in the 8–10am band left on time 90.1% of the time, against 68.3% in the 4–6pm band. 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.
| Departure time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before 6am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6–8am | 87 | 84 | 87 | 92 | 86 | 89 | 86 |
| 8–10am | 87 | – | 88 | 92 | 94 | 89 | 91 |
| 10am–12pm | 83 | 90 | 92 | 76 | – | – | 77 |
| 12–2pm | 79 | – | – | – | 79 | 69 | – |
| 2–4pm | 72 | 78 | 76 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 66 |
| 4–6pm | 71 | 73 | 64 | 67 | 72 | 73 | 61 |
| 6–8pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8–10pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10pm–12am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
The steadiest stretch at FNT was 8–10am — 90.1% of departures left on time across 938 flights. The weakest was 4–6pm at 68.3%.
The year at FNT
January was the hard month at FNT: 74.1% of departures left on time, across 641 flights. October was the easy one at 84.3%. 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 | 74.1% | 641 |
| February | 76% | 713 |
| March | 77.6% | 934 |
| April | 78.5% | 790 |
| May | 78.6% | 699 |
| June | 74.3% | 690 |
| July | 77% | 682 |
| August | 80% | 584 |
| September | 82.4% | 578 |
| October | 84.3% | 668 |
| November | 82.9% | 637 |
| December | 74.9% | 651 |
Airlines at FNT
Every airline with at least 100 departures from FNT, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegiant Air | 81.1% | 69 min | 0.4% | 4,602 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 74.6% | 126 min | 2.7% | 3,665 |
What delays out of FNT were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 2,038 flights that departed FNT and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 41.8% put down to airline operations and 25.1% to air traffic & airport volume.
- Late-arriving aircraft 23.9%
- Airline operations 41.8%
- Air traffic & airport volume 25.1%
- Severe weather 9.1%
- Security 0.1%
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 FNT
Of 8,268 scheduled arrivals into FNT, 70.3% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 2,328 arrivals that ran late, 48.3% 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 FNT
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.
- ORD 69.1% on time · 3,665 flights
- PGD 77.5% on time · 906 flights
- SFB 79.9% on time · 898 flights
- PIE 78.8% on time · 780 flights
- SRQ 76.1% on time · 520 flights
- BNA 84.7% on time · 350 flights
- AZA 80.1% on time · 326 flights
- LAS 78.6% on time · 314 flights
- JAX 79.1% on time · 236 flights
- VPS 86% on time · 158 flights
FNT in one number
Bishop (FNT)
Rank 177 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: 8–10am. Hardest month: January.
Questions about FNT
- What is the best time of day to fly out of Bishop?
- 8–10am. Departures in that band left on time 90.1% of the time across 938 flights, July 2023 through June 2026 — the best of the ten bands in the day. The 4–6pm band was the weakest at 68.3%.
- What is the worst month to fly out of FNT?
- January: 74.1% of the departures that flew left on time, with 641 scheduled. October was the other end of the year at 84.3%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- Which airline is most on time at FNT?
- Allegiant Air — 81.1% of its 4,602 departures from FNT left on time. SkyWest Airlines sat at the other end at 74.6% over 3,665 flights. Only airlines with at least 100 departures here are ranked.
- How often are flights cancelled at FNT?
- 1.4% 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.