Alexandria International in March 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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 155 domestic departures from Alexandria International (AEX). 88.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.2% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so AEX departures were 9.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AEX that month were on time 85.8% of the time (155 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 48%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 85.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.9%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from AEX in March 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	AEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	88.4%	—	81.2%	78.5%
Arrived on time	85.2%	—	79.0%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.9%	—	3.5%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.2 min	—	13.5 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	—	3	19,726
Scheduled departures	155	—	1,188	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	93	60%	78.5%	7.1 min	3.2%
9E Endeavor Air	62	40%	95.2%	-9.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AEX–DFW	Alexandria to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	78.5%	7.1 min	3.2%
AEX–ATL	Alexandria to Atlanta	62	95.2%	-9.2 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.3%	32.1%	630
Late-arriving aircraft	5.3%	42.1%	89
National Aviation System	9.8%	21.4%	166
Extreme weather	47.7%	4.2%	806
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,691 delay minutes on 20 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 AEX on time in March 2024?

88.4% of 155 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 2023 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for AEX · methodology · corrections.