Abilene Regional in September 2024

84.9%departed 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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 146 domestic departures from Abilene Regional (ABI). 84.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so ABI departures were 0.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 118 departures with 86.4% leaving on time: a change of −1.5 points, with flights up 24%.

Flights arriving at ABI that month were on time 76.0% of the time (146 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 83.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ABI in September 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	ABI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	84.9%	86.4%	81.7%	84.4%
Arrived on time	83.6%	83.1%	81.7%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.8%	1.7%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.4 min	8.5 min	14.7 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	4	6	19,421
Scheduled departures	146	118	2,218	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	146	100%	83.6%	0.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABI–DFW	Abilene to Dallas/Fort Worth	146	83.6%	0.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	41.0%	38.6%	498
Late-arriving aircraft	37.6%	38.4%	457
National Aviation System	11.8%	18.2%	143
Extreme weather	9.6%	4.8%	117
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,215 delay minutes on 24 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left ABI on time in September 2024?

84.9% of 146 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 86.4% of 118 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 84.9% and 0.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

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