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Carrier month · March 2024
Southwest Airlines in March 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 March 2024, Southwest Airlines (WN) reported 125,272 scheduled domestic flights. 76.6% arrived on time, 0.9% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 78.3% on time and 0.9% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 1.7 points below the combined figure.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 76.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.3%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.2%
March 2024 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Mar 2024 | Year earlier | WN, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 76.6% | — | 75.5% | 78.3% |
| Departed on time | 74.4% | — | 71.2% | 78.5% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | — | 0.9% | 0.9% |
| Average arrival delay | 6.8 min | — | 6.8 min | 6.5 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 4,176 | — | 3,808 | 19,726 |
| Scheduled flights | 125,272 | — | 1,389,951 | 591,767 |
107 airports and 1,669 routes had WN flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN Denver | 8,511 | 70.8% | 9.0 min | 2.1% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 7,474 | 68.8% | 14.4 min | 0.9% |
| BWI Baltimore | 6,169 | 72.3% | 9.8 min | 0.6% |
| DAL Dallas | 6,065 | 76.2% | 6.7 min | 0.8% |
| MDW Chicago | 5,997 | 78.3% | 4.0 min | 0.6% |
| PHX Phoenix | 5,754 | 76.2% | 7.1 min | 0.6% |
| HOU Houston | 4,564 | 80.6% | 2.9 min | 1.0% |
| MCO Orlando | 4,449 | 64.6% | 19.2 min | 2.4% |
| BNA Nashville | 4,205 | 80.3% | 3.2 min | 0.6% |
| STL St. Louis | 3,474 | 77.1% | 5.5 min | 0.7% |
| AUS Austin | 3,262 | 76.1% | 7.2 min | 0.8% |
| ATL Atlanta | 3,196 | 76.7% | 5.6 min | 0.4% |
| OAK Oakland | 2,961 | 80.4% | 3.8 min | 0.5% |
| SAN San Diego | 2,850 | 76.4% | 6.1 min | 0.7% |
| TPA Tampa | 2,611 | 67.2% | 17.7 min | 1.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Southwest Airlines flights were on time in March 2024?
76.6% of 125,272 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.3% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
March 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 March 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.