California Redwood Coast Humboldt County in January 2026

85.0%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 160 domestic departures from California Redwood Coast Humboldt County (ACV). 85.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.6% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so ACV departures were 9.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 143 departures with 92.3% leaving on time: a change of −7.3 points, with flights up 12%.

Flights arriving at ACV that month were on time 77.5% of the time (160 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 28% and extreme weather 24%.

On time 80.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.5%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ACV in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	ACV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	85.0%	92.3%	76.0%	75.6%
Arrived on time	80.6%	90.2%	67.1%	75.3%
Cancelled	1.9%	0.0%	2.4%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.7 min	13.8 min	23.8 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	5	6	18,133
Scheduled departures	160	143	2,200	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	160	100%	80.6%	9.6 min	1.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ACV–SFO	Arcata/Eureka to San Francisco	98	75.5%	17.3 min	3.1%
ACV–DEN	Arcata/Eureka to Denver	31	87.1%	-4.5 min	0.0%
ACV–LAX	Arcata/Eureka to Los Angeles	31	90.3%	0.1 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	27.8%	37.3%	903
Late-arriving aircraft	39.5%	35.0%	1,285
National Aviation System	9.1%	18.0%	296
Extreme weather	23.6%	9.6%	769
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,253 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 January 2026?

85.0% of 160 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 92.3% of 143 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 85.0% and 1.9% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.