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Carrier month · April 2024
Southwest Airlines in April 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 April 2024, Southwest Airlines (WN) reported 120,579 scheduled domestic flights. 79.8% arrived on time, 0.4% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 80.2% on time and 0.7% 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 51%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 79.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.6%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.2%
April 2024 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Apr 2024 | Year earlier | WN, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 79.8% | — | 75.5% | 80.2% |
| Departed on time | 77.2% | — | 71.2% | 80.5% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | — | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| Average arrival delay | 4.7 min | — | 6.8 min | 5.4 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 4,019 | — | 3,808 | 19,406 |
| Scheduled flights | 120,579 | — | 1,389,951 | 582,185 |
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 | 8,334 | 74.6% | 7.1 min | 0.3% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 7,243 | 76.3% | 5.3 min | 0.2% |
| BWI Baltimore | 6,118 | 73.9% | 9.0 min | 0.5% |
| MDW Chicago | 6,056 | 79.9% | 3.8 min | 0.2% |
| DAL Dallas | 5,871 | 75.5% | 10.5 min | 1.0% |
| PHX Phoenix | 5,515 | 78.5% | 5.3 min | 0.3% |
| HOU Houston | 4,479 | 80.4% | 1.8 min | 0.4% |
| BNA Nashville | 4,178 | 82.6% | 2.3 min | 0.2% |
| MCO Orlando | 3,972 | 78.2% | 7.1 min | 0.8% |
| STL St. Louis | 3,405 | 79.3% | 6.7 min | 0.5% |
| AUS Austin | 3,352 | 78.4% | 5.6 min | 0.3% |
| ATL Atlanta | 3,239 | 77.5% | 6.9 min | 0.4% |
| OAK Oakland | 2,950 | 85.2% | 0.7 min | 0.4% |
| SAN San Diego | 2,772 | 78.7% | 4.3 min | 0.4% |
| SMF Sacramento | 2,522 | 82.6% | 3.1 min | 0.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Southwest Airlines flights were on time in April 2024?
79.8% of 120,579 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 80.2% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
April 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 April 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.