Augusta Regional at Bush Field in December 2024

72.9%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 295 domestic departures from Augusta Regional at Bush Field (AGS). 72.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.2% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so AGS departures were 4.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 217 departures with 85.7% leaving on time: a change of −12.8 points, with flights up 36%.

Flights arriving at AGS that month were on time 76.6% of the time (295 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, late-arriving aircraft 22% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 69.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.2%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.7%

Every scheduled departure from AGS 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	AGS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	72.9%	85.7%	74.7%	77.8%
Arrived on time	69.2%	81.6%	75.9%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.0%	3.6%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	30.3 min	14.8 min	21.7 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	7	5	19,686
Scheduled departures	295	217	1,827	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	128	43%	76.6%	16.8 min	0.8%
OH PSA Airlines	81	27%	65.4%	17.0 min	2.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	42	14%	64.3%	44.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	26	9%	50.0%	26.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	18	6%	72.2%	4.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AGS–ATL	Augusta to Atlanta	196	70.4%	24.2 min	0.5%
AGS–CLT	Augusta to Charlotte	51	58.8%	22.9 min	2.0%
AGS–DFW	Augusta to Dallas/Fort Worth	30	76.7%	4.4 min	3.3%
AGS–DCA	Augusta to Washington	18	72.2%	8.0 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	51.5%	34.3%	4,275
Late-arriving aircraft	22.3%	40.2%	1,854
National Aviation System	14.9%	17.8%	1,238
Extreme weather	11.2%	7.5%	932
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,299 delay minutes on 86 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 AGS on time in December 2024?

72.9% of 295 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.2% 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 217 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 72.9% and 1.0% 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 AGS · methodology · corrections.