In 2024, approximately 96,300 flights of major U.S. air carriers were canceled. This marked an increase from the previous year´s 87,900 canceled flights. A canceled flight is one that was not operated, but was listed in a carrier's computer reservation system within seven calendar days of the scheduled departure.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (March 14, 2025). Number of cancellations by major U.S. air carriers from 2000 to 2024 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 07, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/186296/cancellations-of-us-air-carriers-since-1988/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Number of cancellations by major U.S. air carriers from 2000 to 2024 (in 1,000s)." Chart. March 14, 2025. Statista. Accessed May 07, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186296/cancellations-of-us-air-carriers-since-1988/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2025). Number of cancellations by major U.S. air carriers from 2000 to 2024 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 07, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186296/cancellations-of-us-air-carriers-since-1988/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Number of Cancellations by Major U.S. Air Carriers from 2000 to 2024 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Mar 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186296/cancellations-of-us-air-carriers-since-1988/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Number of cancellations by major U.S. air carriers from 2000 to 2024 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186296/cancellations-of-us-air-carriers-since-1988/ (last visited May 07, 2026)
Number of cancellations by major U.S. air carriers from 2000 to 2024 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Bureau of Transportation Statistics, March 14, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/186296/cancellations-of-us-air-carriers-since-1988/
