California Redwood Coast Humboldt County in September 2024

78.1%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 151 domestic departures from California Redwood Coast Humboldt County (ACV). 78.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.8% reached their destination on time; 4.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so ACV departures were 6.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 142 departures with 88.0% leaving on time: a change of −9.9 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at ACV that month were on time 72.0% of the time (150 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 43%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and air carrier 26%.

On time 76.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.5%
Cancelled 4.0%
Diverted 0.7%

Every scheduled departure from ACV in September 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	ACV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	78.1%	88.0%	76.0%	84.4%
Arrived on time	76.8%	81.7%	67.1%	83.9%
Cancelled	4.0%	0.7%	2.4%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	40.0 min	11.9 min	23.8 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	5	6	19,421
Scheduled departures	151	142	2,200	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	151	100%	76.8%	30.2 min	4.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ACV–SFO	Arcata/Eureka to San Francisco	95	75.8%	39.0 min	5.3%
ACV–LAX	Arcata/Eureka to Los Angeles	30	76.7%	17.1 min	3.3%
ACV–DEN	Arcata/Eureka to Denver	26	80.8%	13.8 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	26.4%	38.6%	1,497
Late-arriving aircraft	29.1%	38.4%	1,647
National Aviation System	2.0%	18.2%	111
Extreme weather	42.6%	4.8%	2,414
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,669 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 ACV on time in September 2024?

78.1% of 151 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 88.0% of 142 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 78.1% and 4.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2024; 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.