California Redwood Coast Humboldt County in December 2024

88.4%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 155 domestic departures from California Redwood Coast Humboldt County (ACV). 88.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so ACV departures were 10.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 155 departures with 81.9% leaving on time: a change of +6.5 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at ACV that month were on time 86.5% of the time (155 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 58%, national aviation system 22% and extreme weather 12%.

On time 80.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	ACV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	88.4%	81.9%	76.0%	77.8%
Arrived on time	80.6%	76.8%	67.1%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	2.6%	2.4%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.6 min	14.6 min	23.8 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	5	6	19,686
Scheduled departures	155	155	2,200	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	155	100%	80.6%	4.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ACV–SFO	Arcata/Eureka to San Francisco	93	73.1%	7.2 min	0.0%
ACV–DEN	Arcata/Eureka to Denver	31	93.5%	-10.0 min	0.0%
ACV–LAX	Arcata/Eureka to Los Angeles	31	90.3%	9.7 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	58.1%	34.3%	1,179
Late-arriving aircraft	7.8%	40.2%	158
National Aviation System	22.2%	17.8%	451
Extreme weather	12.0%	7.5%	243
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,031 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 ACV on time in December 2024?

88.4% of 155 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 81.9% of 155 departures left on time and 2.6% were cancelled, against 88.4% and 0.0% in December 2024.

Provenance

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