SkyWest Airlines in September 2024

84.3%arrived on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In September 2024, SkyWest Airlines (OO) reported 64,633 scheduled domestic flights. 84.3% arrived on time, 0.2% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 83.9% on time and 0.6% cancelled that month, so the carrier was level with the combined figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, it reported 59,245 flights with 83.9% on time: a change of +0.4 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 25% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 84.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.3%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by SkyWest Airlines in September 2024.

September 2024 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	OO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Sep 2024
Arrived on time	84.3%	83.9%	77.4%	83.9%
Departed on time	85.7%	85.5%	79.5%	84.4%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.4%	1.8%	0.6%
Average arrival delay	2.2 min	4.0 min	9.6 min	1.0 min
Scheduled flights a day	2,154	1,975	2,340	19,421
Scheduled flights	64,633	59,245	854,130	582,622

240 airports and 1,176 routes had OO flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DEN Denver	5,556	85.1%	1.1 min	0.1%
ORD Chicago	4,647	78.5%	6.8 min	0.4%
LAX Los Angeles	2,961	86.7%	0.4 min	0.0%
SFO San Francisco	2,809	77.7%	8.3 min	0.3%
DTW Detroit	2,704	85.9%	2.1 min	0.0%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	2,613	84.8%	0.0 min	0.1%
SLC Salt Lake City	2,515	91.4%	-3.7 min	0.0%
SEA Seattle	2,217	79.0%	5.0 min	0.1%
MSP Minneapolis	2,070	88.7%	-3.3 min	0.0%
PHX Phoenix	1,824	89.1%	-2.3 min	0.0%
BOI Boise	1,116	83.5%	2.1 min	0.1%
SAN San Diego	990	75.2%	8.9 min	0.2%
IAH Houston	983	81.4%	7.0 min	0.3%
PDX Portland	889	83.0%	5.3 min	0.0%
SJC San Jose	743	88.6%	-1.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of OO flights that arrived on time, by scheduled departure hour (local time at each origin), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	54.5%	38.6%	370,414
Late-arriving aircraft	25.2%	38.4%	171,056
National Aviation System	10.2%	18.2%	69,106
Extreme weather	10.1%	4.8%	68,738
Security	0.1%	0.1%	557

679,871 delay minutes on 9,918 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

What share of SkyWest Airlines flights were on time in September 2024?

84.3% of 64,633 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 83.9% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023 the carrier reported 59,245 flights with 83.9% on time and 0.4% cancelled, against 84.3% and 0.2% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SkyWest Airlines · methodology · corrections.