Best time to fly out of Fort Wayne (FWA)
The early-flight folk wisdom holds up at Fort Wayne: departures in the 6–8am band left on time 86.5% of the time, against 66.6% in the 8–10pm 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 | 84 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 85 | 88 | 85 |
| 8–10am | 86 | 83 | 86 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 81 |
| 10am–12pm | 74 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 79 | 79 | 67 |
| 12–2pm | 75 | 79 | 76 | 81 | 78 | 79 | 72 |
| 2–4pm | 67 | 82 | 81 | 75 | 74 | 76 | 72 |
| 4–6pm | 73 | 76 | 73 | 67 | 65 | 70 | 61 |
| 6–8pm | 68 | 74 | 71 | 67 | 71 | 74 | 66 |
| 8–10pm | 67 | – | – | – | 66 | – | – |
| 10pm–12am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
The steadiest stretch at FWA was 6–8am — 86.5% of departures left on time across 3,613 flights. The weakest was 8–10pm at 66.6%. 6–8am departures from FWA left on time 86.5% of the time across 3,613 flights; 6–8pm departures, 70% across 2,034. That is a gap of 16.5 points, and it is the whole case for the early flight.
The year at FWA
December was the hard month at FWA: 71.2% of departures left on time, across 1,349 flights. September was the easy one at 83.2%. 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 | 73.2% | 1,317 |
| February | 77.1% | 1,165 |
| March | 77% | 1,385 |
| April | 77.7% | 1,426 |
| May | 77.8% | 1,445 |
| June | 75.9% | 1,532 |
| July | 73.9% | 1,420 |
| August | 79.4% | 1,294 |
| September | 83.2% | 1,318 |
| October | 81.9% | 1,492 |
| November | 82.7% | 1,376 |
| December | 71.2% | 1,349 |
Airlines at FWA
Every airline with at least 100 departures from FWA, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 78.2% | 110 min | 2% | 9,457 |
| Envoy Air | 81.1% | 67 min | 1.2% | 3,073 |
| Allegiant Air | 70.8% | 88 min | 1.1% | 2,633 |
| PSA Airlines | 77.1% | 115 min | 3.4% | 1,122 |
| Endeavor Air | 86.3% | 108 min | 3.4% | 234 |
Endeavor Air (through December 2024) stopped filing before June 2026. Its row covers a shorter run of months than the rest of the table, so its figure is not set against the others anywhere on this page.
What delays out of FWA were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 3,995 flights that departed FWA and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 50.2% put down to airline operations and 25.3% to late-arriving aircraft.
- Late-arriving aircraft 25.3%
- Airline operations 50.2%
- Air traffic & airport volume 15.7%
- Severe weather 8.4%
- Security 0.3%
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 FWA
Of 16,522 scheduled arrivals into FWA, 74.2% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 3,938 arrivals that ran late, 48.4% 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 FWA
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 70.6% on time · 5,492 flights
- DFW 79.4% on time · 3,011 flights
- ATL 80% on time · 2,649 flights
- DTW 79.7% on time · 1,095 flights
- MSP 83.2% on time · 1,061 flights
- PGD 72.1% on time · 639 flights
- CLT 76.9% on time · 578 flights
- PIE 66.3% on time · 549 flights
- SFB 66% on time · 513 flights
- SRQ 81.5% on time · 305 flights
FWA in one number
Fort Wayne (FWA)
Rank 133 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: 6–8am. Hardest month: December.
Questions about FWA
- What is the best time of day to fly out of Fort Wayne?
- 6–8am. Departures in that band left on time 86.5% of the time across 3,613 flights, July 2023 through June 2026 — the best of the ten bands in the day. The 8–10pm band was the weakest at 66.6%.
- Is the early flight out of FWA really more reliable?
- 6–8am departures from FWA left on time 86.5% of the time across 3,613 flights; 6–8pm departures, 70% across 2,034. That is a gap of 16.5 points, and it is the whole case for the early flight.
- What is the worst month to fly out of FWA?
- December: 71.2% of the departures that flew left on time, with 1,349 scheduled. September was the other end of the year at 83.2%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- Which airline is most on time at FWA?
- Envoy Air — 81.1% of its 3,073 departures from FWA left on time. Allegiant Air sat at the other end at 70.8% over 2,633 flights. Only airlines with at least 100 departures here are ranked. Airlines that stopped filing before June 2026 are left out of the ranking — their figures cover a shorter run of months than the rest of the table.
- How often are flights cancelled at FWA?
- 1.8% 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.