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Airport Reliability

ALB · Albany

Albany International Airport

81%
Departures within 15 minutes
15 min
Average departure delay
76%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
2.0%
Departures cancelled

Based on 16,696 departures and 16,697 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

Departures from ALB departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 57% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

Departures from ALB arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 74%.

Trending in the right direction.

Departures from ALB arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% in the three months before that.

When ALB gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM89%(1251 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(4748 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(1764 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(3697 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(2951 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(1865 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM57%(30 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(2432 flights)
  • Tue80%(2181 flights)
  • Wed83%(2198 flights)
  • Thu80%(2401 flights)
  • Fri79%(2456 flights)
  • Sat78%(2168 flights)
  • Sun74%(2470 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 71% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%1403
July 202572%1433
August 202580%1464
September 202586%1319
October 202581%1456
November 202581%1354
December 202570%1332
January 202677%1126
February 202678%1197
March 202675%1305
April 202687%1428
May 202687%1489

Airlines departing ALB

Busiest routes from ALB

Based on 16,696 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.