California Redwood Coast Humboldt County in October 2024

82.1%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 179 domestic departures from California Redwood Coast Humboldt County (ACV). 82.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.9% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so ACV departures were 3.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 155 departures with 80.0% leaving on time: a change of +2.1 points, with flights up 15%.

Flights arriving at ACV that month were on time 79.3% of the time (179 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and extreme weather 25%.

On time 79.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.6%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	ACV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	82.1%	80.0%	76.0%	85.5%
Arrived on time	79.9%	77.4%	67.1%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.6%	6.5%	2.4%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.8 min	13.8 min	23.8 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	5	6	20,517
Scheduled departures	179	155	2,200	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	179	100%	79.9%	22.0 min	0.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ACV–SFO	Arcata/Eureka to San Francisco	124	76.6%	30.8 min	0.8%
ACV–LAX	Arcata/Eureka to Los Angeles	31	83.9%	10.8 min	0.0%
ACV–DEN	Arcata/Eureka to Denver	24	91.7%	-8.6 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.2%	42.7%	1,976
Late-arriving aircraft	26.3%	37.4%	1,361
National Aviation System	10.9%	16.3%	562
Extreme weather	24.6%	3.4%	1,275
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,174 delay minutes on 35 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 2024?

82.1% of 179 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 80.0% of 155 departures left on time and 6.5% were cancelled, against 82.1% and 0.6% in October 2024.

Provenance

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