Ontario, CA · Airport profile
ONT
Ontario International Airport
83.5% of departures from ONT arrived on time across 79,949 flights, July 2023 – July 2026. The weakest hour is 9 PM, at 70.8%. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for the most delay minutes.
ONT right now
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Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Minimal operational impact. Conditions are not a notable factor for operations right now.
UpdatedForecast issued 05:20Z.
UpdatedBelow 10,000 ft, so aircraft overflying at cruise are not counted. These are observations, not an operational status: a count is a floor, since receiver coverage varies and a movement between two samples can be missed.
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Airport reliability
Departures from ONT, July 2023 – July 2026.
Better than 88% of major US airports covered by FlyerIntel (64 compared)
Calculated from 79,949 flights. How this is calculated
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What stands out
How this airport compares to others like it, not just to itself.
This airport holds up about the same all year, a steadier seasonal pattern than 94% of 306 comparable airports.
87.4% on time in its best month (February) against 79.3% in its worst (June).
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Ranked against every other airport with the same kind of figure and at least 306 in the comparison.
Why flights are cancelled at ONT
Every cancellation carries a reason code filed by the airline that operated the flight. Departures, July 2023 – July 2026.
Extreme weather accounts for 47.4% of cancelled departures from ONT — about 1 in every 234 scheduled departures. That is 12 points lower than the 59.5% recorded across every airport FlyerIntel covers.
Share of cancellations
Of 719 cancelled departures carrying a reason code.
What each reason means
Conditions the carrier judged severe enough to stop the flight: a blizzard, a hurricane, a line of thunderstorms.
341 cancellations, 47.4% of the total.
Crew, maintenance, aircraft cleaning, baggage or fueling: what BTS counts as within the carrier’s own control.
324 cancellations, 45.1% of the total.
Airport capacity, air traffic control flow programs, heavy traffic and ordinary bad weather. A system decision, not the airline’s.
54 cancellations, 7.5% of the total.
A terminal evacuation, a security breach, screening equipment failure, or screening queues over 29 minutes.
0 cancellations, 0.0% of the total.
719 of 79,949 scheduled departures from ONT were cancelled. Ordinary bad weather is filed under air traffic, so weather’s full share is larger than its bar.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026 · Reason codes are each airline’s own filing, not an independent finding of fault. Shown for airports with at least 500 coded cancellations; 719 were recorded at ONT.
Why flights run late at ONT
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on departures from ONT.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for departures from ONT. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed.
Of the 13,154 departures from ONT that left 15 or more minutes late and have a known inbound aircraft, 65% followed a flight that landed 15 or more minutes late. The other 35% left late even though the aircraft had come in on time or early. Across the 64 covered airports that share runs from 47% to 73%, with a median of 62%; ONT’s is the 15th highest.
The late flight is the one the same aircraft flew into ONT just before, found from the tail number in the DOT file. Airlines and hours differ from one airport to the next, so this describes the departures from ONT and does not rate the airport.
An airport is only partly the author of its own delays. Late-arriving aircraft describes the national schedule arriving here more than anything about this airfield. Air traffic control covers airspace and airport capacity, which is where a congested airport shows up; only the airline category sits squarely inside the carriers’ own operation. How differently they run it is further down this page.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What weather costs at ONT
Departures from ONT by the weather at the airport in the hour they were scheduled to leave, July 2023 – July 2026.
5.1% of scheduled departures from ONT left in an hour of bad weather. 1.6% of them were cancelled, against 0.9% in normal conditions, and 85.5% of the ones that flew arrived on time, against 82.8%. Those hours held 9% of all cancelled departures. That is about 29 more cancellations than the normal-conditions rate would give.
Cancellations were highest in high wind hours: 3.4% of 705 departures, 3.9 times the normal rate.
Airlines filed 47% of ONT’s coded cancellations under extreme weather. By the weather at the airport in the scheduled hour, 9% of cancelled departures were in bad-weather hours. A code is the airline’s stated reason and an hour’s weather is what the airport reported, so the two need not match.
By weather
Scheduled departures, July 2023 – July 2026| Weather at the airport | Departures | Cancelled | Left on time | Arrived on time | Avg. departure delay |
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| Normal conditionsVFR with no thunderstorm, snow or ice, fog, heavy rain or high wind | 66,08682.7% of all | 0.9% | 81.7% | 82.8% | 9.8 min |
| Any bad weatherIFR or LIFR, or a thunderstorm, snow or ice, fog, heavy rain or high wind | 4,0965.1% of all | 1.6%1.8 times normal | 86.7% | 85.5%2.7 points above normal | 7.6 min |
| MVFRceiling 1,000 to 3,000 feet or visibility 3 to 5 miles | 9,75512.2% of all | 0.7% | 87.2% | 87.5%4.7 points above normal | 6.9 min |
| IFRceiling 500 to 999 feet or visibility 1 to under 3 miles | 2,6903.4% of all | 1.3%1.5 times normal | 88.2% | 87.6%4.8 points above normal | 5.7 min |
| LIFRceiling under 500 feet or visibility under 1 mile | 6330.8% of all | 0.6% | 89.0% | 88.2%5.4 points above normal | 8.7 min |
| Fogfog or freezing fog reported at the airport | 2890.4% of all | 0.7% | 87.8% | 88.4%5.6 points above normal | 8.6 min |
| Heavy rainheavy rain reported at the airport | 1670.2% of all | 4.8%5.5 times normal | 85.5% | 88.1%5.3 points above normal | 3.5 min |
| High windwind of 25 knots or more, or gusts of 30 knots or more | 7050.9% of all | 3.4%3.9 times normal | 80.2% | 77.2%5.6 points below normal | 13.7 min |
| Low ceilinga broken or overcast layer under 1,000 feet | 2,4223.0% of all | 0.8% | 89.5% | 88.2%5.4 points above normal | 5.7 min |
| Low visibilityvisibility under 3 miles | 2,1482.7% of all | 1.4%1.5 times normal | 87.5% | 87.5%4.7 points above normal | 6.6 min |
A departure is counted in every row its hour fits, so the rows overlap and do not add up. Left on time is a departure under 15 minutes late, and arrived on time an arrival under 15 minutes late; cancelled is the share of scheduled departures. Rows with fewer than 120 departures are not scored. Too few departures to score: thunderstorm (89).
This is the weather reported at ONT in the hour a flight was scheduled to leave. It leaves out the weather at the destination and on the way, weather that arrived after the scheduled time, and anything else that goes wrong in a bad hour. An hour takes the worst conditions any report in it gave. Weather was matched to 99.9% of the airport’s scheduled departures; the rest left in hours with no report, or at a scheduled time the flight records cannot place exactly. Bad-weather hours are compared with normal hours at the same airport, not with what the same flights would have done in a clear sky: they also fall more often in some seasons and at some times of day.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records and Iowa Environmental Mesonet weather reports · July 2023 – July 2026 · Where the weather comes from, and its limits. All covered airports side by side: What Weather Costs Each Airport.
Turning aircraft around at ONT
Time on the ground between one flight and the next of the same aircraft at ONT, and what a late arrival does to the next departure, July 2023 – July 2026.
The median turn at ONT is scheduled for 50 minutes on the ground and takes 54 minutes, against 56 minutes and 63 minutes across all airports. Aircraft are given less time on the ground here than at the typical airport. The typical turn runs 4 minutes over its schedule, closer to it than the 7 minutes across all airports.
When the aircraft landed 15 or more minutes late (10,397 turns here, 52 minutes late on average), 66% of the turns were finished in no more than the scheduled ground time, against 68% across all airports. 77% of those flights left 15 or more minutes late, against 72%. After an aircraft that landed on time, 8% did (all airports 11%).
Given the turn lengths scheduled here, the network’s rates would give 62% finished in the schedule and 78% leaving late. ONT finishes more late turns in the schedule than the network would, but lateness is passed on about as often. 43% of its late-inbound turns had a scheduled turn of 45 to 59 minutes, against 31% across all airports.
Turns at ONT against all airports
57,535 turns, July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | ONT | All airports | All airports, same turn lengths |
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| Median scheduled turn | 50 min | 56 min | — |
| Median actual turn | 54 min | 63 min | — |
| Turns that began with an aircraft 15+ minutes late | 18% | 19% | — |
| Late turns finished within the schedule | 66% | 68% | 62% |
| Late inbound that left 15+ minutes late | 77% | 72% | 78% |
| On-time inbound that left 15+ minutes late | 8% | 11% | — |
The last column is the network’s rate at the turn lengths scheduled at ONT, band by band from under 30 minutes to 3 to 6 hours. A turn finishes within the schedule when the aircraft spent no more time on the ground than the schedule gave it.
A turn pairs an aircraft’s landing at ONT with its next departure from it by tail number; the aircraft is never named. These 57,535 turns are 72% of the flights that left ONT in the period; the rest are an aircraft’s first flight after a long stay, flights without a usable inbound, and cancelled flights. Ground time runs from the gate. Turns under 30 minutes are kept, but most leave late even after an on-time landing. Airlines set their own turn schedules, so this describes the airlines that fly at ONT and does not rate the airport.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records · July 2023 – July 2026 · Airports side by side: Where a Late Aircraft Gets Its Time Back.
What sets ONT apart
Where ONT’s hours, months, airlines and taxi time differ most from the other airports, July 2023 – July 2026.
Flights scheduled to leave ONT at 10 PM arrive on time 84.7% of the time, 12.8 points better than the 71.9% for that hour at the other airports.
July treats ONT better than it treats the rest of the country: 79.4% on time against 70.1% elsewhere, 9.3 points ahead.
Delta Air Lines does better out of ONT than anywhere else it flies: 91.5% on time here, 82.0% on its other departures, 9.5 points apart.
Hawaiian Airlines’ departures from ONT arrive on time 78.5% of the time, 5.2 points worse than the 83.7% the same airline manages at its other airports.
Taxi-out at ONT averages 13.6 minutes, 5.1 minutes less than the 18.7 minutes elsewhere.
ONT against the other airports
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | ONT | Elsewhere | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 10 PM departures | 84.7% | 71.9% | +12.8 pts | 2,194 here, 477,606 elsewhere |
| Month: July | 79.4% | 70.1% | +9.3 pts | 9,165 here, 1,977,318 elsewhere |
| Airline: Delta Air Lines | 91.5% | 82.0% | +9.5 pts | 5,693 here, 3,096,432 elsewhere |
| Airline: Hawaiian Airlines | 78.5% | 83.7% | −5.2 pts | 708 here, 196,776 elsewhere |
| Taxi-out: Departures | 13.6 min | 18.7 min | −5.1 min | 79,245 here, 17,550,864 elsewhere |
"Elsewhere" is every other covered airport together, taken from the same aggregates as this page with ONT’s own flights removed (for airlines, that airline’s flights from all its other airports). Hours, months and airlines appear only where both sides have at least 120 completed flights (airlines 500) and the gap is at least 2 points and 2 standard errors; only the largest gap in each direction is shown. The taxi figure is weighted by departures and has no error estimate, so it appears from 2 minutes.
Best time to fly from ONT
On-time arrival rate by scheduled local departure time: each weekday and hour, and averaged over the week.
Flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 91.8% of the time, against 75.4% for 6–9 PM departures — a gap of 16.4 percentage points.
By day and hour
On-time arrival rate for each weekday and scheduled departure hour, in local time.
Sunday 5–6 AM was the most reliable slot at ONT (96.9% on time, 749 flights) and Friday 2–3 PM the least (65.6%, 542 flights).
Hour of departure matters more than day of the week: hourly averages sit a typical 7.0 points from the airport-wide rate, weekday averages 2.0 points.
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On-time rate, % · stronger color, fewer on time
- 60–69
- 70–79
- 80–89
- 90–99
- Fewer than 120 flights, not scored
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Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · On time is arrival within 15 minutes of schedule. Cells round to whole percentages; the table shows one decimal.
Best and worst slots are named only among slots with 500+ flights, and only when the gap is larger than sampling error. Departures before 5 AM (618 flights) are not drawn: no slot in those hours has enough flights to score.
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| Hour | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 AM–6 AM | 94.3% on time757 flights | 95.2% on time608 flights | 92.8% on time615 flights | 96.6% on time769 flights | 95.2% on time769 flights | 96.5% on time712 flights | 96.9% on time749 flights |
| 6 AM–7 AM | 92.3% on time1,621 flights | 92.3% on time1,582 flights | 91.5% on time1,569 flights | 92.8% on time1,607 flights | 92.3% on time1,629 flights | 93.1% on time1,491 flights | 93.7% on time1,579 flights |
| 7 AM–8 AM | 90.1% on time604 flights | 88.6% on time679 flights | 91.7% on time656 flights | 88.6% on time625 flights | 91.0% on time601 flights | 90.9% on time698 flights | 91.0% on time624 flights |
| 8 AM–9 AM | 85.3% on time684 flights | 86.7% on time588 flights | 89.0% on time586 flights | 88.2% on time654 flights | 87.4% on time680 flights | 86.5% on time559 flights | 88.5% on time641 flights |
| 9 AM–10 AM | 86.9% on time523 flights | 91.1% on time485 flights | 88.7% on time480 flights | 91.9% on time539 flights | 89.4% on time523 flights | 87.8% on time445 flights | 88.8% on time532 flights |
| 10 AM–11 AM | 81.9% on time885 flights | 87.2% on time790 flights | 83.0% on time798 flights | 85.3% on time894 flights | 85.4% on time900 flights | 82.6% on time661 flights | 83.4% on time778 flights |
| 11 AM–12 PM | 83.9% on time638 flights | 89.5% on time589 flights | 85.0% on time585 flights | 82.6% on time642 flights | 79.9% on time620 flights | 88.0% on time522 flights | 87.5% on time615 flights |
| 12 PM–1 PM | 78.8% on time751 flights | 83.0% on time757 flights | 85.6% on time776 flights | 81.7% on time745 flights | 79.9% on time771 flights | 84.7% on time631 flights | 81.9% on time701 flights |
| 1 PM–2 PM | 77.1% on time865 flights | 81.8% on time814 flights | 81.0% on time807 flights | 78.1% on time833 flights | 79.3% on time856 flights | 83.8% on time691 flights | 78.6% on time804 flights |
| 2 PM–3 PM | 75.9% on time544 flights | 77.8% on time479 flights | 78.6% on time502 flights | 73.9% on time540 flights | 65.6% on time542 flights | 76.7% on time428 flights | 69.6% on time523 flights |
| 3 PM–4 PM | 67.7% on time497 flights | 80.5% on time444 flights | 78.6% on time437 flights | 69.9% on time475 flights | 71.6% on time453 flights | 82.5% on time401 flights | 68.3% on time442 flights |
| 4 PM–5 PM | 73.2% on time671 flights | 84.5% on time610 flights | 81.2% on time598 flights | 77.7% on time654 flights | 70.2% on time699 flights | 83.3% on time494 flights | 68.8% on time635 flights |
| 5 PM–6 PM | 81.0% on time620 flights | 85.1% on time559 flights | 83.2% on time555 flights | 72.4% on time581 flights | 75.2% on time612 flights | 87.8% on time406 flights | 79.3% on time540 flights |
| 6 PM–7 PM | 73.5% on time632 flights | 81.0% on time470 flights | 77.5% on time500 flights | 73.6% on time630 flights | 70.7% on time604 flights | 76.6% on time421 flights | 69.1% on time541 flights |
| 7 PM–8 PM | 74.4% on time523 flights | 83.8% on time409 flights | 81.1% on time445 flights | 75.7% on time535 flights | 72.9% on time554 flights | 80.7% on time275 flights | 71.1% on time545 flights |
| 8 PM–9 PM | 77.8% on time454 flights | 83.3% on time301 flights | 77.0% on time306 flights | 75.5% on time440 flights | 72.4% on time464 flights | 80.2% on time180 flights | 70.6% on time528 flights |
| 9 PM–10 PM | 75.9% on time248 flights | 78.4% on time140 flights | 81.5% on time130 flights | 68.6% on time222 flights | 67.5% on time250 flights | 94 flights, too few to score | 61.0% on time331 flights |
| 10 PM–11 PM | 85.8% on time320 flights | 87.9% on time267 flights | 87.1% on time284 flights | 86.4% on time344 flights | 83.0% on time373 flights | 80.2% on time262 flights | 82.9% on time382 flights |
| 11 PM–12 AM | 81.0% on time297 flights | 79.6% on time229 flights | 81.7% on time235 flights | 79.1% on time273 flights | 84.1% on time261 flights | 75.1% on time235 flights | 81.5% on time274 flights |
By departure window
All days combinedBy departure hour
All days combined- 12 AM: 79.7% on time from 618 flights
- 1 AM to 4 AM: too few flights to score
- 5 AM: 95.4% on time from 4,979 flights
- 6 AM: 92.6% on time from 11,078 flights
- 7 AM: 90.3% on time from 4,487 flights
- 8 AM: 87.4% on time from 4,392 flights
- 9 AM: 89.3% on time from 3,527 flights
- 10 AM: 84.1% on time from 5,706 flights
- 11 AM: 85.1% on time from 4,211 flights
- 12 PM: 82.2% on time from 5,132 flights
- 1 PM: 79.8% on time from 5,670 flights
- 2 PM: 73.9% on time from 3,558 flights
- 3 PM: 73.9% on time from 3,149 flights
- 4 PM: 76.6% on time from 4,361 flights
- 5 PM: 80.2% on time from 3,873 flights
- 6 PM: 74.3% on time from 3,798 flights
- 7 PM: 76.4% on time from 3,286 flights
- 8 PM: 75.8% on time from 2,673 flights
- 9 PM: 70.8% on time from 1,415 flights
- 10 PM: 84.7% on time from 2,232 flights
- 11 PM: 80.4% on time from 1,804 flights
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Buckets with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
What parking will cost
Estimated from ONT's own published rates.
Estimated cost
Choose a facility and both dates to see an estimate.
Rates as published by the airport, last read 2026-08-31. Confirm before you travel.
Source: Ontario International Airport · An estimate from published standard rates. Airports vary surcharges, oversize vehicle fees and event pricing, so confirm the price with the airport before you travel.
International arrivals
How long passport control normally takes here, hour by hour and hall by hall. This is the arrivals queue, not departure security — and it is history, not a live wait.
At International Terminal, ONT’s busiest hall, both passport queues run much the same: a typical 16 min on a US passport and 19 min on any other, rising to 30 min on a busy day. Where the two halls agree like this, CBP’s combined figure of 17 min is a fair summary of both — which is not true everywhere, and is why they are shown apart.
Terminal by terminal, across the day
| Terminal | US passports | US busy day | Other passports | Other busy day | Global Entry |
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| International Terminal | 16 min | 25 min | 19 min | 30 min | 6.2% of arrivals |
US passports — International Terminal
- 12 AM–1 AM: too few records to publish
- 1 AM–2 AM: too few records to publish
- 2 AM–3 AM: too few records to publish
- 3 AM–4 AM: too few records to publish
- 4 AM–5 AM: too few records to publish
- 5 AM–6 AM: too few records to publish
- 6 AM–7 AM: too few records to publish
- 7 AM–8 AM: too few records to publish
- 8 AM–9 AM: too few records to publish
- 9 AM–10 AM: too few records to publish
- 10 AM–11 AM: typically 11 min, 18 min on a busy day (289 days)
- 11 AM–12 PM: too few records to publish
- 12 PM–1 PM: too few records to publish
- 1 PM–2 PM: too few records to publish
- 2 PM–3 PM: too few records to publish
- 3 PM–4 PM: too few records to publish
- 4 PM–5 PM: typically 20 min, 29 min on a busy day (266 days)
- 5 PM–6 PM: typically 19 min, 27 min on a busy day (358 days)
- 6 PM–7 PM: typically 16 min, 25 min on a busy day (520 days)
- 7 PM–8 PM: typically 15 min, 24 min on a busy day (421 days)
- 8 PM–9 PM: typically 16 min, 22 min on a busy day (213 days)
- 9 PM–10 PM: typically 15 min, 22 min on a busy day (239 days)
- 10 PM–11 PM: typically 16 min, 24 min on a busy day (343 days)
- 11 PM–12 AM: typically 16 min, 24 min on a busy day (447 days)
US citizens and lawful permanent residents, who use the US-passport lanes.
All other passports — International Terminal
- 12 AM–1 AM: too few records to publish
- 1 AM–2 AM: too few records to publish
- 2 AM–3 AM: too few records to publish
- 3 AM–4 AM: too few records to publish
- 4 AM–5 AM: too few records to publish
- 5 AM–6 AM: too few records to publish
- 6 AM–7 AM: too few records to publish
- 7 AM–8 AM: too few records to publish
- 8 AM–9 AM: too few records to publish
- 9 AM–10 AM: too few records to publish
- 10 AM–11 AM: typically 14 min, 20 min on a busy day (289 days)
- 11 AM–12 PM: too few records to publish
- 12 PM–1 PM: too few records to publish
- 1 PM–2 PM: too few records to publish
- 2 PM–3 PM: too few records to publish
- 3 PM–4 PM: too few records to publish
- 4 PM–5 PM: typically 26 min, 36 min on a busy day (266 days)
- 5 PM–6 PM: typically 25 min, 35 min on a busy day (358 days)
- 6 PM–7 PM: typically 21 min, 32 min on a busy day (520 days)
- 7 PM–8 PM: typically 18 min, 29 min on a busy day (421 days)
- 8 PM–9 PM: typically 18 min, 25 min on a busy day (213 days)
- 9 PM–10 PM: typically 17 min, 24 min on a busy day (239 days)
- 10 PM–11 PM: typically 18 min, 25 min on a busy day (343 days)
- 11 PM–12 AM: typically 18 min, 25 min on a busy day (447 days)
Every other arriving passenger, including visa and visa-waiver travelers.
Hour by hour — International Terminal
| Cleared in hour | US passports | US busy day | Other passports | Other busy day | Booths open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 AM–11 AM | 11 min | 18 min | 14 min | 20 min | 4 |
| 4 PM–5 PM | 20 min | 29 min | 26 min | 36 min | 5 |
| 5 PM–6 PM | 19 min | 27 min | 25 min | 35 min | 5 |
| 6 PM–7 PM | 16 min | 25 min | 21 min | 32 min | 5 |
| 7 PM–8 PM | 15 min | 24 min | 18 min | 29 min | 5 |
| 8 PM–9 PM | 16 min | 22 min | 18 min | 25 min | 4 |
| 9 PM–10 PM | 15 min | 22 min | 17 min | 24 min | 5 |
| 10 PM–11 PM | 16 min | 24 min | 18 min | 25 min | 5 |
| 11 PM–12 AM | 16 min | 24 min | 18 min | 25 min | 5 |
US passports: clearing in the 4 PM–5 PM hour typically takes 20 min, against 11 min in the 10 AM–11 AM hour — 9 min between the slowest and fastest of 9 measured hours.
All other passports: clearing in the 4 PM–5 PM hour typically takes 26 min, against 14 min in the 10 AM–11 AM hour — 12 min between the slowest and fastest of 9 measured hours.
The hour is when CBP processed the passenger, not when the aircraft landed — allow for the walk from the gate. Hours with fewer than 120 days of records are not listed rather than shown as an estimate, which is why a terminal’s quietest hours are usually absent. “Busy day” is the 90th percentile: one arrival in ten is worse than that. Booths are how many CBP had open, and they follow the queue rather than prevent it — the busiest hours are staffed hardest and are still the slowest.
Source: US Customs and Border Protection · 2024-08-28 to 2026-10-16 · These are CBP passport control waits for arriving international passengers — a different queue from TSA departure screening. CBP publishes them about two days in arrears, so every figure here describes what has been typical over 2024-08-28 to 2026-10-16, and none of it is a live queue or a forecast for your flight. US and non-US passengers are reported separately by CBP and are kept separate here, because they are separate halls. FlyerIntel publishes a terminal or an hour only where CBP filed at least 120 hourly records for it, and an hour-by-hour breakdown only where at least 6 hours clear that floor.
What to expect at ONT
How busy the airport is through the day, from scheduled departure volume.
Scheduled departures by hour
- 12 AM: about 1 departure a day
- 1 AM: no departures
- 2 AM: no departures
- 3 AM: no departures
- 4 AM: no departures
- 5 AM: about 4 departures a day
- 6 AM: about 10 departures a day
- 7 AM: about 4 departures a day
- 8 AM: about 4 departures a day
- 9 AM: about 3 departures a day
- 10 AM: about 5 departures a day
- 11 AM: about 4 departures a day
- 12 PM: about 5 departures a day
- 1 PM: about 5 departures a day
- 2 PM: about 3 departures a day
- 3 PM: about 3 departures a day
- 4 PM: about 4 departures a day
- 5 PM: about 3 departures a day
- 6 PM: about 3 departures a day
- 7 PM: about 3 departures a day
- 8 PM: about 2 departures a day
- 9 PM: about 1 departure a day
- 10 PM: about 2 departures a day
- 11 PM: about 2 departures a day
The busiest hour is 6 AM, with about 10 departures a day, against roughly 1 at 9 PM. That peak is also more punctual than a typical hour here: early banks fly aircraft that spent the night on the ground rather than ones inheriting the day’s delays.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Taxi-out runs from gate to wheels-up, averaged over departures and weighted by hour. Taxi-in runs from touchdown to gate.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 5.0 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 85.8% on time
- Feb: 87.4% on time
- Mar: 83.5% on time
- Apr: 84.0% on time
- May: 80.6% on time
- Jun: 79.3% on time
- Jul: 79.4% on time
- Aug: 82.7% on time
- Sep: 85.9% on time
- Oct: 85.6% on time
- Nov: 85.9% on time
- Dec: 85.4% on time
June is historically the weakest month and February the strongest, a spread of 8.1 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026
Airlines at ONT
Departure performance by operating carrier. Regional flights are reported by the carrier that operated them, not by the mainline brand.
| Carrier | Departures | On time | Cancelled | Median delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines WN | 35,384 | 84.1% | 0.48% | -7 min |
| American Airlines AA | 10,643 | 83.1% | 1.47% | -9 min |
| Frontier Airlines F9 | 8,582 | 74.6% | 1.76% | -7 min |
| SkyWest Airlines OO | 7,038 | 86.8% | 0.43% | -9 min |
| Delta Air Lines DL | 5,784 | 91.5% | 1.21% | -13 min |
| United Airlines UA | 5,674 | 82.4% | 0.62% | -8 min |
| Alaska Airlines AS | 5,140 | 84.3% | 1.65% | -7 min |
| JetBlue B6 | 742 | 72.5% | 2.43% | -7 min |
| Hawaiian Airlines HA | 715 | 78.5% | 0.56% | -3 min |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Carriers with fewer than 500 departures are not listed.
Reliability over time
On-time arrival rate for departures, by month.
- July 2023: 79.6% on time from 2,138 flights
- August 2023: 79.8% on time from 2,201 flights
- September 2023: 86.0% on time from 2,078 flights
- October 2023: 86.3% on time from 2,215 flights
- November 2023: 88.2% on time from 2,091 flights
- December 2023: 88.5% on time from 2,084 flights
- January 2024: 85.1% on time from 1,888 flights
- February 2024: 85.7% on time from 1,731 flights
- March 2024: 81.9% on time from 2,022 flights
- April 2024: 83.2% on time from 2,098 flights
- May 2024: 78.7% on time from 2,259 flights
- June 2024: 81.9% on time from 2,304 flights
- July 2024: 81.4% on time from 2,410 flights
- August 2024: 85.5% on time from 2,428 flights
- September 2024: 86.7% on time from 2,316 flights
- October 2024: 88.7% on time from 2,388 flights
- November 2024: 87.5% on time from 2,215 flights
- December 2024: 85.4% on time from 2,116 flights
- January 2025: 85.7% on time from 1,941 flights
- February 2025: 88.6% on time from 1,774 flights
- March 2025: 85.6% on time from 2,107 flights
- April 2025: 85.9% on time from 2,250 flights
- May 2025: 83.1% on time from 2,340 flights
- June 2025: 79.3% on time from 2,307 flights
- July 2025: 78.6% on time from 2,394 flights
- August 2025: 82.4% on time from 2,291 flights
- September 2025: 84.8% on time from 2,177 flights
- October 2025: 81.6% on time from 2,265 flights
- November 2025: 81.9% on time from 2,184 flights
- December 2025: 82.4% on time from 2,132 flights
- January 2026: 86.5% on time from 1,892 flights
- February 2026: 87.8% on time from 1,734 flights
- March 2026: 82.8% on time from 2,081 flights
- April 2026: 82.8% on time from 2,119 flights
- May 2026: 80.0% on time from 2,298 flights
- June 2026: 76.7% on time from 2,304 flights
- July 2026: 77.9% on time from 2,377 flights
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), departures from ONT arrived on time 82.1% of the time, against 84.9% in the 12 months before — declining by 2.8 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026
Data and sources
Historical statistics
Every historical figure on this page is calculated by FlyerIntel from US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time performance records covering July 2023 – July 2026, comprising 79,949 departures from ONT. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule.
Full methodology · All data sources
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