Abilene Regional in May 2026

81.6%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 244 domestic departures from Abilene Regional (ABI). 81.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.4% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so ABI departures were 4.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 151 departures with 82.1% leaving on time: a change of −0.5 points, with flights up 62%.

Flights arriving at ABI that month were on time 81.1% of the time (244 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 38%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and air carrier 14%.

On time 82.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.0%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	ABI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	81.6%	82.1%	81.7%	77.1%
Arrived on time	82.4%	83.4%	81.7%	77.6%
Cancelled	1.6%	4.0%	1.7%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.6 min	13.2 min	14.7 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	5	6	20,391
Scheduled departures	244	151	2,218	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	151	62%	82.8%	1.2 min	2.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	93	38%	81.7%	3.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABI–DFW	Abilene to Dallas/Fort Worth	151	82.8%	1.2 min	2.6%
ABI–DEN	Abilene to Denver	62	79.0%	4.3 min	0.0%
ABI–IAH	Abilene to Houston	31	87.1%	2.0 min	0.0%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	13.6%	33.0%	425
Late-arriving aircraft	37.4%	40.4%	1,167
National Aviation System	10.6%	20.5%	331
Extreme weather	38.4%	6.0%	1,197
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,120 delay minutes on 39 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 2026?

81.6% of 244 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 82.1% of 151 departures left on time and 4.0% were cancelled, against 81.6% and 1.6% in May 2026.

Provenance

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