Albany International in October 2023

86.6%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,059 domestic departures from Albany International (ALB). 86.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.7% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so ALB departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ALB that month were on time 82.0% of the time (1,060 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 86.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.1%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	ALB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	86.6%	—	78.9%	83.8%
Arrived on time	86.7%	—	77.5%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	2.1%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.7 min	—	18.2 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	35	—	35	19,966
Scheduled departures	1,059	—	12,920	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	320	30%	88.8%	-2.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	118	11%	83.9%	4.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	117	11%	94.0%	-7.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	89	8%	74.2%	5.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	86	8%	91.9%	-14.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	79	7%	89.9%	-8.3 min	1.3%
9E Endeavor Air	72	7%	91.7%	0.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	6%	87.1%	-5.9 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	50	5%	80.0%	1.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	48	5%	70.8%	6.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	18	2%	83.3%	-3.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ALB–BWI	Albany to Baltimore	146	91.1%	-5.6 min	0.0%
ALB–ORD	Albany to Chicago	112	88.4%	-8.0 min	0.9%
ALB–DTW	Albany to Detroit	109	89.0%	-5.2 min	0.0%
ALB–CLT	Albany to Charlotte	92	85.9%	4.3 min	0.0%
ALB–DCA	Albany to Washington	89	74.2%	5.2 min	0.0%
ALB–ATL	Albany to Atlanta	86	94.2%	-6.9 min	0.0%
ALB–MCO	Albany to Orlando	77	83.1%	-0.5 min	0.0%
ALB–LGA	Albany to New York	65	90.8%	1.3 min	0.0%
ALB–EWR	Albany to Newark	62	95.2%	-18.7 min	0.0%
ALB–MDW	Albany to Chicago	62	90.3%	0.3 min	0.0%
ALB–DEN	Albany to Denver	31	77.4%	1.5 min	0.0%
ALB–FLL	Albany to Fort Lauderdale	27	88.9%	-4.9 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	36.9%	41.3%	2,831
Late-arriving aircraft	40.9%	40.5%	3,141
National Aviation System	18.8%	14.4%	1,444
Extreme weather	3.4%	3.7%	264
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,680 delay minutes on 139 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 October 2023?

86.6% of 1,059 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.