Flights Austin → Baltimore
AUS → BWI
Route overview
The flight route from Austin to Baltimore has a 72% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 11.5 minutes when flights are not on time. With over two million passengers annually passing through the destination airport, which opened in 1947, this route sees frequent travel between these two cities.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Austin (AUS) → Baltimore (BWI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 383 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.39%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Baltimore: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Austin (AUS) to Baltimore (BWI) heads north-east for about 2,156 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 7m.
Departures from Austin on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 56% of AUS-BWI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Baltimore it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 383 tracked AUS-BWI flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 3.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about AUS-BWI
On the Austin (AUS) -> Baltimore (BWI) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 383 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Austin-Baltimore is 3.39% across 383 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
