Flight cancellations are surging this summer. These airports have been hit the hardest.

Flight cancellations are surging this summer. These airports have been hit the hardest.

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Airports from Boston to Atlanta have seen a substantial spike in flight cancellations since the began this year compared to the same period in 2024.

Nationally, the cancellation rate is up about 29% from 1.4% of flights being canceled in 2024 to 1.8% so far this summer. Historically, airlines see between 1 and 2% of flights canceled on any given day.

Using data from flight tracker , TheNews looked at May 21, 2025 — the Wednesday before Memorial Day — through July 14, 2025, compared to the same period last year, which is shifted by one day.

While there were nearly 256,000 fewer scheduled flights, about an 18% drop compared to summer 2024, the number of canceled flights has been higher by about 1,000 flights.

So far this summer, 27.3% of flights have been delayed compared to 25.1% last year. The average delay time has crept up four minutes to 62 minutes.

The summer travel troubles vary greatly by airport with many on the East Coast experiencing worse cancellation rates than they did last year, according to data from , an aviation analytics firm, for the Wednesday before Memorial Day through July 15. 

Here are the airports with the highest increases in cancellation rates so far this summer compared to the same time period last year:

DCA

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport tops the list with a 274% higher cancellation rate so far this summer. Nearly 6% of its flights have been canceled. On-time performance is down more than 10%.

The airport was the site of the between an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter in January.

ATL

While Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport's cancellation rate this summer of nearly 1.6% is within historic norms, that is up by 257%, and its on-time arrival is down 9.3%.

IAD

Washington Dulles International Airport has seen its cancellation rate surge 104% compared to last year, while its on-time performance is off by just over 10%.

BOS

Boston Logan International Airport's cancellation rate is 68% higher this year, and on-time performance has dropped by 3.7%.

LGA

LaGuardia Airport has canceled about 5% of flights so far this summer, a 65% increase from last year. Its on-time performance rate is down 6.1%

PHL

Philadelphia International Airport's cancellation rate is up 63%, while on-time performance is down 2.2%.