Abilene Regional in April 2026

84.3%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 236 domestic departures from Abilene Regional (ABI). 84.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.9% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so ABI departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 142 departures with 76.8% leaving on time: a change of +7.5 points, with flights up 66%.

Flights arriving at ABI that month were on time 81.8% of the time (236 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and extreme weather 15%.

On time 86.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.7%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	ABI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	84.3%	76.8%	81.7%	79.1%
Arrived on time	86.9%	79.6%	81.7%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.4%	2.8%	1.7%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.4 min	14.1 min	14.7 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	5	6	19,931
Scheduled departures	236	142	2,218	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	146	62%	84.9%	1.9 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	90	38%	90.0%	2.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABI–DFW	Abilene to Dallas/Fort Worth	146	84.9%	1.9 min	0.7%
ABI–DEN	Abilene to Denver	60	88.3%	8.6 min	0.0%
ABI–IAH	Abilene to Houston	30	93.3%	-10.1 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	52.8%	33.5%	1,667
Late-arriving aircraft	24.2%	40.4%	763
National Aviation System	8.3%	21.0%	262
Extreme weather	14.7%	5.0%	465
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,157 delay minutes on 30 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 April 2026?

84.3% of 236 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 76.8% of 142 departures left on time and 2.8% were cancelled, against 84.3% and 0.4% in April 2026.

Provenance

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