California Redwood Coast Humboldt County in March 2026

85.1%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 148 domestic departures from California Redwood Coast Humboldt County (ACV). 85.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.0% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so ACV departures were 12.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 145 departures with 81.4% leaving on time: a change of +3.7 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at ACV that month were on time 81.8% of the time (148 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 77.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.6%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	ACV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	85.1%	81.4%	76.0%	72.8%
Arrived on time	77.0%	78.6%	67.1%	73.2%
Cancelled	1.4%	0.7%	2.4%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.8 min	18.5 min	23.8 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	5	6	20,403
Scheduled departures	148	145	2,200	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	148	100%	77.0%	4.7 min	1.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ACV–SFO	Arcata/Eureka to San Francisco	86	72.1%	6.9 min	1.2%
ACV–DEN	Arcata/Eureka to Denver	31	80.6%	-3.8 min	3.2%
ACV–LAX	Arcata/Eureka to Los Angeles	31	87.1%	6.6 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	37.0%	33.5%	673
Late-arriving aircraft	33.8%	39.3%	614
National Aviation System	15.9%	21.0%	289
Extreme weather	13.3%	5.9%	241
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,817 delay minutes on 32 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 March 2026?

85.1% of 148 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 81.4% of 145 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 85.1% and 1.4% in March 2026.

Provenance

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