US airports, hour by hour.

When security is busiest at 426 airports, and which of 7,297 routes land on time. From TSA and BTS records.

People screened at US checkpoints, every hour of the week. Tap any hour.

People screened per hour at every US checkpoint, by weekday and hour; choose a cell to read it
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People screened per hour at every US checkpoint, by weekday and hour; choose a cell to read it
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The busiest hour

Friday, 5 am

US checkpoints are very busy, about 204k people an hour.

90%

of 5 am flights on time

2.4Mpeople screened a day

Fri 5 amthe busiest hour, 204k people

8 weeks to October 31, 2026. TSA checkpoint counts, not wait times.

When do flights land on time? Fly early.

76%

of US flights landed on time

1 in 4 lands late

90%

when you leave at 5 am

1 in 10 lands late

66%

when you leave at 8 pm

1 in 3 lands late

On time by scheduled departure hour

Share of US flights landing less than 15 minutes late. Last 12 months, BTS records.

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Which day is calmest? Tuesday and Wednesday: fewer people, more flights on time.

People screened a day at US checkpoints (bars) and the share of flights landing on time (figures), by weekday.

Mon

2.6M74%

Tue

2.1M80%

Wed

2.2M80%

Thu

2.7M76%

Fri

2.6M75%

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2.0M77%

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2.7M71%

Which airports are busiest? Chicago and Los Angeles, about 94,000 a day.

Airport	City	A day	Busiest
ORD	Chicago	93,626	6 am
LAX	Los Angeles	92,994	8 am
ATL	Atlanta	86,344	7 am
JFK	New York	84,999	5 pm
DFW	Dallas Fort Worth	72,269	6 am
SFO	San Francisco	71,635	10 am
MCO	Orlando	68,921	5 am
LAS	Las Vegas	68,372	11 am
BOS	Boston	66,736	6 am
DEN	Denver	66,276	9 am

Which big airport leaves on time? Houston and Minneapolis lead.

Airport	City	Departures	On time
IAH	Houston	171,260	80%
MSP	Minneapolis	129,934	79%
LAX	Los Angeles	193,950	79%
SEA	Seattle	183,522	78%
ATL	Atlanta	350,573	77%
DTW	Detroit	142,118	77%
EWR	Newark	134,823	76%
PHX	Phoenix	199,059	76%
DEN	Denver	319,681	75%
CLT	Charlotte	234,077	75%

The 20 busiest airports by departures, share leaving less than 15 minutes late.

Which routes do people fly most? Los Angeles to San Francisco tops the list.

Route	Cities	Flights	On time
LAX → SFO	Los Angeles to San Francisco	12,104	60%
SFO → LAX	San Francisco to Los Angeles	12,104	70%
LGA → ORD	New York to Chicago	11,641	63%
ORD → LGA	Chicago to New York	11,641	63%
LAX → JFK	Los Angeles to New York	10,289	75%
JFK → LAX	New York to Los Angeles	10,285	73%
OGG → HNL	Kahului to Honolulu	10,001	83%
HNL → OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	9,998	83%
BOS → DCA	Boston to Washington	9,105	69%
DCA → BOS	Washington to Boston	9,104	67%

Which airline lands on time? Delta, by a nose.

Airline	Flights	Cancelled	On time
Delta	1,654,273	2.1%	79%
Alaska	482,118	1.4%	78%
United	1,523,293	1.6%	77%
Southwest	1,391,794	0.9%	75%
American	2,035,556	2.7%	74%
Allegiant	126,005	0.7%	73%
Frontier	213,022	2.0%	71%
Spirit	99,981	4.5%	69%
JetBlue	240,615	3.6%	68%