On-Time Report

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Carrier month · December 2024

Republic Airline in December 2024

80.9%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 December 2024, Republic Airline (YX) reported 27,279 scheduled domestic flights. 80.9% arrived on time, 0.6% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 78.1% on time and 0.7% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 2.8 points above the combined figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, it reported 21,641 flights with 90.7% on time: a change of −9.8 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, national aviation system 32% and air carrier 26%.

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by Republic Airline in December 2024.

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

MeasureDec 2024Dec 2023YX, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Dec 2024
Arrived on time80.9%90.7%75.3%78.1%
Departed on time84.2%92.0%78.0%77.8%
Cancelled0.6%0.6%4.1%0.7%
Average arrival delay1.4 min-10.0 min5.3 min7.1 min
Scheduled flights a day90972199519,686
Scheduled flights27,27921,641363,168590,581

83 airports and 618 routes had YX flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
LGA New York3,59280.8%0.0 min0.4%
ORD Chicago2,51282.8%0.5 min0.4%
BOS Boston2,28682.0%1.5 min1.0%
DCA Washington2,26980.6%1.9 min0.4%
EWR Newark1,78179.5%-0.3 min1.7%
JFK New York1,62279.0%3.1 min0.7%
IND Indianapolis1,09481.9%0.3 min0.3%
CMH Columbus98486.1%-2.7 min0.1%
PIT Pittsburgh87680.9%1.0 min0.3%
IAD Washington66482.7%2.4 min0.2%
RDU Raleigh/Durham61778.4%3.7 min0.3%
BNA Nashville56780.2%2.1 min0.5%
PHL Philadelphia54180.8%3.6 min0.4%
SDF Louisville49385.2%-4.8 min0.6%
DTW Detroit48584.9%-4.0 min0.6%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of YX flights that arrived on time, by scheduled departure hour (local time at each origin), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Dec 2024Minutes
Air carrier25.9%34.3%75,677
Late-arriving aircraft37.7%40.2%109,936
National Aviation System31.7%17.8%92,464
Extreme weather4.6%7.5%13,332
Security0.1%0.2%296
291,705 delay minutes on 4,974 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

What share of Republic Airline flights were on time in December 2024?

80.9% of 27,279 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.1% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023 the carrier reported 21,641 flights with 90.7% on time and 0.6% cancelled, against 80.9% and 0.6% in December 2024.

Provenance

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