Albany International in September 2023

82.8%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 923 domestic departures from Albany International (ALB). 82.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.6% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so ALB departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ALB that month were on time 76.4% of the time (923 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 82.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.2%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	ALB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	82.8%	—	78.9%	80.5%
Arrived on time	82.6%	—	77.5%	80.1%
Cancelled	2.1%	—	2.1%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.5 min	—	18.2 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	31	—	35	18,978
Scheduled departures	923	—	12,920	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	263	28%	85.2%	1.1 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	110	12%	92.7%	-1.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	98	11%	91.8%	-5.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	88	10%	78.4%	8.1 min	1.1%
OH PSA Airlines	88	10%	77.3%	-1.1 min	3.4%
9E Endeavor Air	72	8%	77.8%	0.8 min	6.9%
UA United Airlines	63	7%	85.7%	-2.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	58	6%	67.2%	4.4 min	13.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways	46	5%	71.7%	24.3 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	37	4%	73.0%	45.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ALB–BWI	Albany to Baltimore	136	87.5%	-0.5 min	0.7%
ALB–ORD	Albany to Chicago	112	88.4%	-2.9 min	0.0%
ALB–DTW	Albany to Detroit	104	90.4%	-4.3 min	0.0%
ALB–DCA	Albany to Washington	92	78.3%	-1.5 min	3.3%
ALB–CLT	Albany to Charlotte	88	78.4%	8.1 min	1.1%
ALB–ATL	Albany to Atlanta	80	90.0%	0.4 min	0.0%
ALB–LGA	Albany to New York	65	76.9%	-1.5 min	12.3%
ALB–MDW	Albany to Chicago	55	83.6%	4.4 min	0.0%
ALB–MCO	Albany to Orlando	54	70.4%	26.3 min	0.0%
ALB–EWR	Albany to Newark	40	65.0%	6.1 min	12.5%
ALB–DEN	Albany to Denver	31	87.1%	-7.0 min	3.2%
ALB–FLL	Albany to Fort Lauderdale	23	87.0%	2.5 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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	26.8%	36.4%	2,944
Late-arriving aircraft	42.4%	38.3%	4,651
National Aviation System	22.3%	19.9%	2,443
Extreme weather	8.3%	5.1%	907
Security	0.2%	0.2%	21

10,966 delay minutes on 140 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 September 2023?

82.8% of 923 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.