Alexandria International in December 2024

84.5%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 168 domestic departures from Alexandria International (AEX). 84.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so AEX departures were 6.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 154 departures with 85.7% leaving on time: a change of −1.2 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at AEX that month were on time 83.9% of the time (168 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 54%, national aviation system 16% and extreme weather 15%.

On time 78.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.6%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from AEX 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	AEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	84.5%	85.7%	81.2%	77.8%
Arrived on time	78.6%	77.3%	79.0%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.8%	0.6%	3.5%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.2 min	14.2 min	13.5 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	5	3	19,686
Scheduled departures	168	154	1,188	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	90	54%	76.7%	6.2 min	2.2%
9E Endeavor Air	78	46%	80.8%	0.1 min	1.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AEX–DFW	Alexandria to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	76.7%	6.2 min	2.2%
AEX–ATL	Alexandria to Atlanta	78	80.8%	0.1 min	1.3%

By scheduled departure hour

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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	53.5%	34.3%	1,311
Late-arriving aircraft	13.7%	40.2%	336
National Aviation System	16.3%	17.8%	400
Extreme weather	14.9%	7.5%	364
Security	1.6%	0.2%	40

2,451 delay minutes on 33 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 December 2024?

84.5% of 168 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% 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, 85.7% of 154 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 84.5% and 1.8% 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 AEX · methodology · corrections.