Abilene Regional in March 2026

83.1%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 195 domestic departures from Abilene Regional (ABI). 83.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.1% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so ABI departures were 10.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 151 departures with 84.1% leaving on time: a change of −1.0 points, with flights up 29%.

Flights arriving at ABI that month were on time 87.2% of the time (195 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, extreme weather 22% and late-arriving aircraft 18%.

On time 85.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.4%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	ABI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	83.1%	84.1%	81.7%	72.8%
Arrived on time	85.1%	84.8%	81.7%	73.2%
Cancelled	0.5%	4.0%	1.7%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.7 min	10.3 min	14.7 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	5	6	20,403
Scheduled departures	195	151	2,218	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	150	77%	84.7%	4.3 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	45	23%	86.7%	12.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABI–DFW	Abilene to Dallas/Fort Worth	150	84.7%	4.3 min	0.7%
ABI–DEN	Abilene to Denver	30	80.0%	28.6 min	0.0%
ABI–IAH	Abilene to Houston	15	100.0%	-19.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	52.1%	33.5%	1,419
Late-arriving aircraft	17.5%	39.3%	477
National Aviation System	7.5%	21.0%	204
Extreme weather	22.0%	5.9%	598
Security	0.8%	0.2%	23

2,721 delay minutes on 28 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 March 2026?

83.1% of 195 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 84.1% of 151 departures left on time and 4.0% were cancelled, against 83.1% and 0.5% in March 2026.

Provenance

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