Flights Birmingham → Baltimore
BHM → BWI
Route overview
The flight route from Birmingham to Baltimore operates with an average on-time performance of 80%, experiencing a mean delay of 11.9 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been a total of 80 flights along this route, connecting passengers to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, which opened in 1947 and currently handles over 22.8 million passengers annually.
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 Birmingham (BHM) → Baltimore (BWI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 108 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.85%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 10.6/100 (low), 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 Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Baltimore: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Birmingham (BHM) to Baltimore (BWI) heads north-east for about 1,096 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 47m.
Departures from Birmingham on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 57% of BHM-BWI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Baltimore it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 108 tracked BHM-BWI flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 1.9% 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 BHM-BWI
On the Birmingham (BHM) -> Baltimore (BWI) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 108 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Birmingham-Baltimore is 1.85% across 108 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.
