Best time to fly out of Tallahassee (TLH)
The early-flight folk wisdom holds up at Tallahassee: departures in the Before 6am band left on time 91.4% of the time, against 72.8% in the 6–8pm 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 | 90 | 88 | 93 | 92 | 96 | 92 | 89 |
| 6–8am | 89 | 91 | 92 | 92 | 91 | 93 | 90 |
| 8–10am | 89 | 94 | 89 | 90 | 92 | 88 | 92 |
| 10am–12pm | 88 | 87 | 89 | 90 | 87 | 88 | 89 |
| 12–2pm | 80 | 84 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 75 |
| 2–4pm | 80 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 84 | 79 | 77 |
| 4–6pm | 79 | 87 | 87 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 75 |
| 6–8pm | 74 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 71 | 66 | 67 |
| 8–10pm | 75 | 82 | 74 | 72 | 68 | 76 | 64 |
| 10pm–12am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
The steadiest stretch at TLH was Before 6am — 91.4% of departures left on time across 804 flights. The weakest was 6–8pm at 72.8%. 6–8am departures from TLH left on time 90.9% of the time across 4,470 flights; 6–8pm departures, 72.8% across 1,521. That is a gap of 18.1 points, and it is the whole case for the early flight.
The year at TLH
June was the hard month at TLH: 79.9% of departures left on time, across 1,279 flights. November was the easy one at 90.1%. 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 | 83.7% | 1,221 |
| February | 86.1% | 1,235 |
| March | 80.5% | 1,362 |
| April | 86.3% | 1,252 |
| May | 81.5% | 1,344 |
| June | 79.9% | 1,279 |
| July | 81.7% | 1,215 |
| August | 83.5% | 1,377 |
| September | 89.2% | 1,344 |
| October | 88.4% | 1,434 |
| November | 90.1% | 1,239 |
| December | 82.7% | 1,231 |
Airlines at TLH
Every airline with at least 100 departures from TLH, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy Air | 83.2% | 65 min | 1.5% | 5,963 |
| Delta Air Lines | 88.6% | 89 min | 1.4% | 4,935 |
| PSA Airlines | 80.8% | 120 min | 3.5% | 3,455 |
| Endeavor Air | 84.6% | 89 min | 2.1% | 699 |
| JetBlue Airways | 84.6% | 81 min | 2% | 298 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 84.4% | — | 1.6% | 124 |
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 TLH were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 2,620 flights that departed TLH and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 41.4% put down to late-arriving aircraft and 37.6% to airline operations.
- Late-arriving aircraft 41.4%
- Airline operations 37.6%
- Air traffic & airport volume 12.4%
- Severe weather 8.4%
- Security 0.2%
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 TLH
Of 15,532 scheduled arrivals into TLH, 78.8% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 2,935 arrivals that ran late, 53% 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 TLH
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 87.9% on time · 5,637 flights
- MIA 80.1% on time · 3,598 flights
- DFW 77.5% on time · 3,257 flights
- CLT 80.5% on time · 1,645 flights
- DCA 83% on time · 1,093 flights
- FLL 85.6% on time · 298 flights
- RDU Not enough flights to say · 2 flights
- SBN Not enough flights to say · 1 flights
- BHM Not enough flights to say · 1 flights
- GSP Not enough flights to say · 1 flights
TLH in one number
Tallahassee (TLH)
Rank 138 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: Before 6am. Hardest month: June.
Questions about TLH
- What is the best time of day to fly out of Tallahassee?
- Before 6am. Departures in that band left on time 91.4% of the time across 804 flights, July 2023 through June 2026 — the best of the ten bands in the day. The 6–8pm band was the weakest at 72.8%.
- Is the early flight out of TLH really more reliable?
- 6–8am departures from TLH left on time 90.9% of the time across 4,470 flights; 6–8pm departures, 72.8% across 1,521. That is a gap of 18.1 points, and it is the whole case for the early flight.
- What is the worst month to fly out of TLH?
- June: 79.9% of the departures that flew left on time, with 1,279 scheduled. November was the other end of the year at 90.1%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- Which airline is most on time at TLH?
- Delta Air Lines — 88.6% of its 4,935 departures from TLH left on time. PSA Airlines sat at the other end at 80.8% over 3,455 flights. Only airlines with at least 100 departures here are ranked.
- How often are flights cancelled at TLH?
- 2% 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.