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Carrier month · January 2024
Southwest Airlines in January 2024
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 January 2024, Southwest Airlines (WN) reported 115,389 scheduled domestic flights. 73.9% arrived on time, 3.1% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 72.9% on time and 3.7% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 1.0 points above the combined figure.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 73.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.8%
- Cancelled 3.1%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2024 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Jan 2024 | Year earlier | WN, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 73.9% | — | 75.5% | 72.9% |
| Departed on time | 72.3% | — | 71.2% | 74.0% |
| Cancelled | 3.1% | — | 0.9% | 3.7% |
| Average arrival delay | 6.4 min | — | 6.8 min | 10.4 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 3,846 | — | 3,808 | 18,242 |
| Scheduled flights | 115,389 | — | 1,389,951 | 547,271 |
107 airports and 1,586 routes had WN flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN Denver | 8,073 | 65.6% | 10.6 min | 3.5% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 7,030 | 73.3% | 7.3 min | 1.7% |
| DAL Dallas | 5,844 | 73.5% | 6.2 min | 3.5% |
| BWI Baltimore | 5,766 | 66.7% | 11.4 min | 3.6% |
| MDW Chicago | 5,359 | 66.8% | 8.6 min | 8.6% |
| PHX Phoenix | 5,225 | 77.3% | 5.2 min | 1.7% |
| HOU Houston | 4,260 | 74.5% | 9.1 min | 1.9% |
| BNA Nashville | 3,880 | 71.6% | 8.3 min | 5.5% |
| MCO Orlando | 3,782 | 68.4% | 11.3 min | 2.1% |
| STL St. Louis | 3,122 | 68.7% | 9.7 min | 4.5% |
| OAK Oakland | 2,993 | 81.1% | 1.7 min | 1.3% |
| ATL Atlanta | 2,983 | 72.2% | 9.4 min | 1.9% |
| AUS Austin | 2,946 | 73.5% | 6.6 min | 2.9% |
| SAN San Diego | 2,711 | 79.9% | 4.3 min | 1.4% |
| SJC San Jose | 2,390 | 83.6% | 0.1 min | 0.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Southwest Airlines flights were on time in January 2024?
73.9% of 115,389 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 72.9% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
January 2023 is outside the 36 months on file, or the carrier did not report that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for Southwest Airlines · methodology · corrections.