Transportation
Why this is rated unknown
The required on-time arrivals reading could not be established: the BTS TranStats ONTIME pages returned 404 and the site reported 'Database recovery is in progress' with live database-backed data temporarily unavailable on 2026-09-28. Without a verified on-time figure the published rules require an 'unknown' status. Verified data: U.S. rail carloads for the week ending 2026-09-19 were 234,207, up 2.4% year over year, and the FAA airport-status feed on 2026-09-28 listed five airport closures with no ground stops shown.
Unknown: Data is missing, delayed, or too stale to assess. Methodology
What is this?
This tracks planes, trains, trucks, and ships.
How it's doing: We don't have new enough information to tell.
About this area
Tracks aviation delays, freight rail and trucking volumes, and port throughput. Rail traffic is reported weekly by the Association of American Railroads; airline on-time performance is published by BTS TranStats; FAA airport status covers closures and ground stops. At this reading the BTS on-time source was unavailable, so the aviation delay picture is incomplete.
Indicators
Latest readings. Changes are shown without judgment of whether up or down is better.
| Indicator | Latest |
|---|---|
Airline on-time arrivals The BTS TranStats ONTIME pages returned 404 and the site reported database recovery in progress on 2026-09-28, so no on-time arrivals percentage could be verified. Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics | unavailable |
Weekly rail carloads Total U.S. carloads for the week ending September 19, 2026, per AAR; intermodal volume was 301,456 units, up 6.9% year over year. Source: Association of American Railroads | 234,207carloads |
FAA ground stops (7-day) The FAA airport-status feed on 2026-09-28 listed airport closures at LAX, SAN, PNS, BOS, and ASE; no ground stop entries appeared in the feed. Source: Federal Aviation Administration | not listed |
Timeline of developments
TranStats on-time database offline for recovery (opens original release)
BTS TranStats reported that database recovery is in progress and live database-backed data is temporarily unavailable, so airline on-time statistics could not be retrieved.
Source: Bureau of Transportation StatisticsAAR reports weekly rail traffic for week ending September 19 (opens original release)
U.S. railroads reported 234,207 carloads, up 2.4% from the same week in 2025, and 301,456 intermodal units, up 6.9%. Cumulative 2026 carloads through week 37 were 8,444,095, up 2.7%.
Source: Association of American Railroads
Sources and citationsWhere this info comes from
- 1.Airline On-Time Statistics and Delay Causes
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Accessed Sep 27, 2026.
- 2.National Airspace System status
Federal Aviation Administration. Accessed Sep 27, 2026.
- 3.Weekly rail traffic data
Association of American Railroads. Accessed Sep 27, 2026.
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