US Flight Cancellations Fall to Lowest Rate in at Least Decade

US Flight Cancellations Fall to Lowest Rate in at Least Decade
Passengers line up to check bags before their flights at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on June 28, 2022. Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters
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WASHINGTON—U.S. flight cancellations fell to the lowest rate in at least a decade in 2023, the U.S. Transportation Department said Wednesday, after a string of bumpy years for air travel.

There were 16.3 million U.S. flights in 2023 and a cancellation rate of below 1.2 percent, the lowest since at least 2013, USDOT said, adding that it was even better over the holidays.