Albany International in August 2023

77.8%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,072 domestic departures from Albany International (ALB). 77.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.8% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so ALB departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ALB that month were on time 71.7% of the time (1,072 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 77.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.9%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.6%

Every scheduled departure from ALB in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	ALB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	77.8%	—	78.9%	76.7%
Arrived on time	77.8%	—	77.5%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.8%	—	2.1%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.9 min	—	18.2 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	36	—	35	20,100
Scheduled departures	1,072	—	12,920	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	312	29%	79.8%	7.1 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	120	11%	77.5%	9.3 min	2.5%
OH PSA Airlines	112	10%	77.7%	0.1 min	1.8%
AA American Airlines	93	9%	79.6%	13.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	93	9%	89.2%	-10.4 min	2.2%
9E Endeavor Air	92	9%	78.3%	1.4 min	2.2%
UA United Airlines	89	8%	78.7%	4.9 min	3.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	62	6%	58.1%	25.3 min	6.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	55	5%	78.2%	6.2 min	1.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	44	4%	61.4%	40.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ALB–BWI	Albany to Baltimore	145	82.1%	5.2 min	1.4%
ALB–DCA	Albany to Washington	143	80.4%	-0.5 min	1.4%
ALB–DTW	Albany to Detroit	120	80.0%	5.3 min	3.3%
ALB–CLT	Albany to Charlotte	93	79.6%	13.5 min	0.0%
ALB–EWR	Albany to Newark	93	89.2%	-10.4 min	2.2%
ALB–ATL	Albany to Atlanta	89	74.2%	9.7 min	1.1%
ALB–ORD	Albany to Chicago	89	78.7%	4.9 min	3.4%
ALB–MCO	Albany to Orlando	66	50.0%	35.6 min	3.0%
ALB–LGA	Albany to New York	58	79.3%	1.2 min	1.7%
ALB–MDW	Albany to Chicago	58	75.9%	15.0 min	0.0%
ALB–DEN	Albany to Denver	35	82.9%	3.4 min	0.0%
ALB–FLL	Albany to Fort Lauderdale	31	90.3%	-16.3 min	6.5%

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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	30.4%	36.7%	4,558
Late-arriving aircraft	43.9%	42.2%	6,588
National Aviation System	19.9%	15.7%	2,982
Extreme weather	5.8%	5.1%	874
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

15,002 delay minutes on 213 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 ALB on time in August 2023?

77.8% of 1,072 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 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 August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ALB · methodology · corrections.