California Redwood Coast Humboldt County in October 2023

80.0%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 155 domestic departures from California Redwood Coast Humboldt County (ACV). 80.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.4% reached their destination on time; 6.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so ACV departures were 3.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ACV that month were on time 72.9% of the time (155 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 46%, air carrier 33% and late-arriving aircraft 19%.

On time 77.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.1%
Cancelled 6.5%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ACV in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	ACV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	80.0%	—	76.0%	83.8%
Arrived on time	77.4%	—	67.1%	84.0%
Cancelled	6.5%	—	2.4%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.8 min	—	23.8 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	—	6	19,966
Scheduled departures	155	—	2,200	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	155	100%	77.4%	4.6 min	6.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ACV–SFO	Arcata/Eureka to San Francisco	93	74.2%	4.8 min	6.5%
ACV–DEN	Arcata/Eureka to Denver	31	74.2%	10.6 min	9.7%
ACV–LAX	Arcata/Eureka to Los Angeles	31	90.3%	-1.8 min	3.2%

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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	33.1%	41.3%	671
Late-arriving aircraft	19.2%	40.5%	389
National Aviation System	2.0%	14.4%	41
Extreme weather	45.7%	3.7%	925
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,026 delay minutes on 25 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 ACV on time in October 2023?

80.0% of 155 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ACV · methodology · corrections.