Alexandria International in May 2026

80.4%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 112 domestic departures from Alexandria International (AEX). 80.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.0% reached their destination on time; 3.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so AEX departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 93 departures with 79.6% leaving on time: a change of +0.8 points, with flights up 20%.

Flights arriving at AEX that month were on time 81.4% of the time (113 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, national aviation system 33% and extreme weather 18%.

On time 75.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.5%
Cancelled 3.6%
Diverted 0.9%

Every scheduled departure from AEX in May 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	AEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	80.4%	79.6%	81.2%	77.1%
Arrived on time	75.0%	79.6%	79.0%	77.6%
Cancelled	3.6%	5.4%	3.5%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.2 min	21.7 min	13.5 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	3	3	20,391
Scheduled departures	112	93	1,188	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	83	74%	80.7%	4.4 min	3.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	29	26%	58.6%	13.3 min	3.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AEX–DFW	Alexandria to Dallas/Fort Worth	91	81.3%	2.0 min	4.4%
AEX–IAH	Alexandria to Houston	21	47.6%	26.3 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	12.9%	33.0%	236
Late-arriving aircraft	36.0%	40.4%	657
National Aviation System	33.0%	20.5%	602
Extreme weather	18.2%	6.0%	332
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,827 delay minutes on 23 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 May 2026?

80.4% of 112 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 79.6% of 93 departures left on time and 5.4% were cancelled, against 80.4% and 3.6% in May 2026.

Provenance

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