December 2016-January 2017 Regularly Scheduled Flights with More than 50% Delayed Arrivals of More than 30 Minutes

February 2017 Regularly Scheduled Flights with More than 50% Delayed Arrivals of More than 30 Minutes

January 2017 Regularly Scheduled Flights with More than 50% Delayed Arrivals of More than 30 Minutes

Flight Cancellations Down From Previous Year, January 2017

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its April 2017 Air Travel Consumer Report, compiling air carrier data for the month of February 2017.  The April report contains denied boarding (oversales) data for the October-December 2016 quarter, as airlines report denied boarding numbers by quarter.  Denied boarding numbers for the January-March quarter will be available in the May Air Travel Consumer Report.

January 2017 Airline On-Time Arrival Rate Down From January 2016, Up from December 2016

WASHINGTON – The reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 76.0 percent in January 2017, down from the 81.3 percent on-time rate in January 2016, but up from the 75.6 percent mark in December 2016, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) released today. 

The reporting carriers canceled 2.0 percent of their scheduled domestic flights in January 2017, an improvement over the 2.6 percent cancellation rate posted in January 2016, but up from the 1.6 percent rate in December 2016.

PPFSWG 2016 Draft Work Plan

The Port Performance Freight Statistics Working Group (hereafter, Working Group) has been created in accordance with Section 6018 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L...

Port Performance Freight Statistics Annual Report to Congress 2016

Product Description: 

This the first Annual Report under the PPSFP. It presents publicly available, nationally consistent throughput, capacity, and performance statistics for the top 25 tonnage, container, and dry bulk ports. In doing so it reflects the discussions and recommendations...

BTS Program Resources

ACTS November 5, 2014 - Minutes

Members PresentMichael Walton – ChairLeanne DepueBarbara FaumeniHermann HabermannPaul JovanisDavid LeeMichael ReplogleJoe Schofer

Members Not PresentAlicia Carriquiry

Noted VisitorsSteve Pierson - American Statistical AssociationAlan Pisarski – consultantTom Palmerlee -...

2016 Flight Cancellation, Mishandled Baggage, and Bumping Rates are Lowest in Decades

WASHINGTON – In 2016, the reporting carriers canceled 1.17 percent of their scheduled domestic flights, an improvement over the 1.5 percent cancellation rate in 2015 and the lowest in the 22 years with comparable numbers, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) released today.  The previous low was 1.24 percent in 2002.  The reporting carriers canceled 1.6 percent of their scheduled domestic flights in December 2016, an improvement over the 1.7 percent cancellation rate posted in December 2015, but up from the 0.3 percent rate in November 2016.