Abilene Regional in December 2025

81.8%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 148 domestic departures from Abilene Regional (ABI). 81.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so ABI departures were 9.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 151 departures with 86.8% leaving on time: a change of −5.0 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at ABI that month were on time 81.8% of the time (148 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 81.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	ABI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	81.8%	86.8%	81.7%	72.0%
Arrived on time	81.8%	82.8%	81.7%	71.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.7%	1.7%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.7 min	11.0 min	14.7 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	5	6	19,410
Scheduled departures	148	151	2,218	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	148	100%	81.8%	4.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABI–DFW	Abilene to Dallas/Fort Worth	148	81.8%	4.6 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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	51.7%	33.3%	877
Late-arriving aircraft	30.3%	41.1%	514
National Aviation System	10.5%	19.1%	179
Extreme weather	7.5%	6.4%	127
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,697 delay minutes on 27 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 December 2025?

81.8% of 148 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 86.8% of 151 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 81.8% and 0.0% in December 2025.

Provenance

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