On-Time Report

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Airport month · September 2024

Augusta Regional at Bush Field in September 2024

74.0%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 412 domestic departures from Augusta Regional at Bush Field (AGS). 74.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.6% reached their destination on time; 9.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so AGS departures were 10.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 289 departures with 87.9% leaving on time: a change of −13.9 points, with flights up 43%.

Flights arriving at AGS that month were on time 75.7% of the time (412 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and extreme weather 13%.

Every scheduled departure from AGS in September 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

MeasureSep 2024Sep 2023AGS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time74.0%87.9%74.7%84.4%
Arrived on time70.6%84.8%75.9%83.9%
Cancelled9.5%0.3%3.6%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)26.5 min14.7 min21.7 min10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day1410519,421
Scheduled departures4122891,827582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OH PSA Airlines19547%63.1%28.0 min11.3%
9E Endeavor Air13332%79.7%13.0 min8.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines5714%71.9%19.2 min7.0%
MQ Envoy Air277%77.8%-5.0 min7.4%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AGS–ATLAugusta to Atlanta19077.4%14.9 min7.9%
AGS–CLTAugusta to Charlotte16261.1%20.4 min11.1%
AGS–DCAAugusta to Washington3073.3%70.1 min13.3%
AGS–DFWAugusta to Dallas/Fort Worth3076.7%-1.5 min6.7%

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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2024Minutes
Air carrier43.6%38.6%4,346
Late-arriving aircraft32.8%38.4%3,276
National Aviation System10.2%18.2%1,018
Extreme weather13.4%4.8%1,333
Security0.0%0.1%0
9,973 delay minutes on 82 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left AGS on time in September 2024?

74.0% of 412 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 87.9% of 289 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 74.0% and 9.5% in September 2024.

Provenance

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