Abilene Regional in May 2025

82.1%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 151 domestic departures from Abilene Regional (ABI). 82.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.4% reached their destination on time; 4.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so ABI departures were 5.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 144 departures with 64.6% leaving on time: a change of +17.5 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at ABI that month were on time 69.5% of the time (151 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 36%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and air carrier 18%.

On time 83.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.6%
Cancelled 4.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ABI in May 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	ABI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	82.1%	64.6%	81.7%	76.7%
Arrived on time	83.4%	69.4%	81.7%	75.4%
Cancelled	4.0%	2.1%	1.7%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.2 min	35.7 min	14.7 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	5	6	20,188
Scheduled departures	151	144	2,218	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	151	100%	83.4%	6.1 min	4.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABI–DFW	Abilene to Dallas/Fort Worth	151	83.4%	6.1 min	4.0%

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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	18.0%	29.3%	367
Late-arriving aircraft	31.2%	37.8%	635
National Aviation System	14.6%	25.9%	298
Extreme weather	36.1%	6.9%	735
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,035 delay minutes on 19 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 May 2025?

82.1% of 151 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 64.6% of 144 departures left on time and 2.1% were cancelled, against 82.1% and 4.0% in May 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2025; 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.