Best time to fly out of Gainesville (GNV)
The early-flight folk wisdom holds up at Gainesville: departures in the 6–8am band left on time 93.5% of the time, against 70% in the 12–2pm 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 | 90 | 93 | 94 | 96 | 96 | 91 | 94 |
| 8–10am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10am–12pm | 90 | 86 | 93 | 92 | 88 | 87 | 87 |
| 12–2pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | 70 |
| 2–4pm | 80 | 86 | 81 | 82 | 75 | – | 79 |
| 4–6pm | 77 | 82 | 77 | 73 | 78 | 75 | 70 |
| 6–8pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8–10pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10pm–12am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
The steadiest stretch at GNV was 6–8am — 93.5% of departures left on time across 2,781 flights. The weakest was 12–2pm at 70%.
The year at GNV
July was the hard month at GNV: 78.5% of departures left on time, across 754 flights. October was the easy one at 89.2%. 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 | 85.8% | 587 |
| February | 87.8% | 573 |
| March | 81.9% | 611 |
| April | 88.6% | 685 |
| May | 83% | 731 |
| June | 81.5% | 778 |
| July | 78.5% | 754 |
| August | 83.6% | 832 |
| September | 88.7% | 746 |
| October | 89.2% | 818 |
| November | 87.1% | 744 |
| December | 84.1% | 669 |
Airlines at GNV
Every airline with at least 100 departures from GNV, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 85.6% | 95 min | 1.4% | 4,708 |
| Envoy Air | 86.1% | 77 min | 1.2% | 2,331 |
| PSA Airlines | 80.7% | 122 min | 4% | 1,331 |
| Endeavor Air | 81% | — | 0.8% | 127 |
A dash under typical delay means fewer than 30 of that airline’s departures ran 15 minutes late or more — too few to average.
What delays out of GNV were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 1,179 flights that departed GNV and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 45.6% put down to airline operations and 38.7% to late-arriving aircraft.
- Late-arriving aircraft 38.7%
- Airline operations 45.6%
- Air traffic & airport volume 9.2%
- Severe weather 6.5%
- 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 GNV
Of 8,529 scheduled arrivals into GNV, 81.6% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 1,399 arrivals that ran late, 54.8% 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 GNV
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.
- ATL 87.1% on time · 4,841 flights
- DFW 78.7% on time · 1,534 flights
- CLT 86.9% on time · 1,094 flights
- MIA 89.7% on time · 1,052 flights
- AUS Not enough flights to say · 3 flights
- BNA Not enough flights to say · 2 flights
- IAH Not enough flights to say · 1 flights
- CLL Not enough flights to say · 1 flights
GNV in one number
Gainesville (GNV)
Rank 174 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: 6–8am. Hardest month: July.
Questions about GNV
- What is the best time of day to fly out of Gainesville?
- 6–8am. Departures in that band left on time 93.5% of the time across 2,781 flights, July 2023 through June 2026 — the best of the ten bands in the day. The 12–2pm band was the weakest at 70%.
- What is the worst month to fly out of GNV?
- July: 78.5% of the departures that flew left on time, with 754 scheduled. October was the other end of the year at 89.2%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- Which airline is most on time at GNV?
- Envoy Air — 86.1% of its 2,331 departures from GNV left on time. PSA Airlines sat at the other end at 80.7% over 1,331 flights. Only airlines with at least 100 departures here are ranked.
- How often are flights cancelled at GNV?
- 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.