Abilene Regional in January 2026

79.1%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 148 domestic departures from Abilene Regional (ABI). 79.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.0% reached their destination on time; 9.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so ABI departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 150 departures with 85.3% leaving on time: a change of −6.2 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at ABI that month were on time 79.1% of the time (148 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 33%, extreme weather 28% and air carrier 22%.

On time 77.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.5%
Cancelled 9.5%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ABI in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	ABI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	79.1%	85.3%	81.7%	75.6%
Arrived on time	77.0%	82.0%	81.7%	75.3%
Cancelled	9.5%	2.7%	1.7%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.2 min	11.1 min	14.7 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	5	6	18,133
Scheduled departures	148	150	2,218	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	148	100%	77.0%	1.4 min	9.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABI–DFW	Abilene to Dallas/Fort Worth	148	77.0%	1.4 min	9.5%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	21.7%	37.3%	292
Late-arriving aircraft	32.8%	35.0%	442
National Aviation System	17.4%	18.0%	234
Extreme weather	28.2%	9.6%	380
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,348 delay minutes on 20 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 January 2026?

79.1% of 148 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 85.3% of 150 departures left on time and 2.7% were cancelled, against 79.1% and 9.5% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.