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Carrier month · February 2024
Southwest Airlines in February 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 February 2024, Southwest Airlines (WN) reported 105,207 scheduled domestic flights. 83.1% arrived on time, 0.4% were cancelled and 0.1% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 83.4% on time and 0.6% cancelled that month, so the carrier was level with the combined figure.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 23%.
- On time 83.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.4%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.1%
February 2024 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Feb 2024 | Year earlier | WN, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 83.1% | — | 75.5% | 83.4% |
| Departed on time | 81.4% | — | 71.2% | 84.0% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | — | 0.9% | 0.6% |
| Average arrival delay | 0.7 min | — | 6.8 min | 0.6 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 3,507 | — | 3,808 | 17,307 |
| Scheduled flights | 105,207 | — | 1,389,951 | 519,221 |
107 airports and 1,534 routes had WN flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN Denver | 7,319 | 70.2% | 12.1 min | 0.5% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 6,360 | 75.4% | 6.4 min | 1.2% |
| DAL Dallas | 5,346 | 84.4% | 0.2 min | 0.1% |
| BWI Baltimore | 5,211 | 85.2% | -2.8 min | 0.2% |
| PHX Phoenix | 4,832 | 81.6% | 2.4 min | 0.2% |
| MDW Chicago | 4,765 | 87.9% | -4.1 min | 0.2% |
| HOU Houston | 3,891 | 87.0% | -1.2 min | 0.2% |
| MCO Orlando | 3,566 | 79.9% | 5.1 min | 0.1% |
| BNA Nashville | 3,536 | 88.5% | -3.6 min | 0.2% |
| STL St. Louis | 2,862 | 83.7% | 0.2 min | 0.2% |
| OAK Oakland | 2,696 | 82.6% | 1.1 min | 0.9% |
| AUS Austin | 2,641 | 82.0% | 1.6 min | 0.1% |
| ATL Atlanta | 2,618 | 86.4% | -0.6 min | 0.1% |
| SAN San Diego | 2,436 | 78.5% | 4.1 min | 0.9% |
| SJC San Jose | 2,163 | 85.0% | -0.3 min | 0.9% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Southwest Airlines flights were on time in February 2024?
83.1% of 105,207 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 83.4% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
February 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 February 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.