Albany International in December 2023

86.0%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 957 domestic departures from Albany International (ALB). 86.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.4% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so ALB departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ALB that month were on time 83.1% of the time (955 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, national aviation system 33% and air carrier 17%.

On time 84.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.3%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	ALB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	86.0%	—	78.9%	83.1%
Arrived on time	84.4%	—	77.5%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	2.1%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.7 min	—	18.2 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	32	—	35	19,013
Scheduled departures	957	—	12,920	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	304	32%	82.6%	4.4 min	0.7%
AA American Airlines	120	13%	75.0%	6.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	113	12%	95.6%	-11.6 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	89	9%	84.3%	-9.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	65	7%	84.6%	1.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	65	7%	93.8%	-10.4 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	63	7%	74.6%	9.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	62	6%	91.9%	-7.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	48	5%	81.3%	-0.3 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	23	2%	91.3%	-27.0 min	4.3%
MQ Envoy Air	5	1%	80.0%	-9.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ALB–BWI	Albany to Baltimore	149	87.2%	2.2 min	0.0%
ALB–DTW	Albany to Detroit	96	94.8%	-10.1 min	0.0%
ALB–CLT	Albany to Charlotte	93	76.3%	5.0 min	0.0%
ALB–MCO	Albany to Orlando	93	78.5%	5.0 min	0.0%
ALB–ATL	Albany to Atlanta	82	95.1%	-12.4 min	0.0%
ALB–DCA	Albany to Washington	82	82.9%	1.2 min	0.0%
ALB–ORD	Albany to Chicago	81	91.4%	-9.6 min	0.0%
ALB–MDW	Albany to Chicago	59	86.4%	-0.1 min	3.4%
ALB–LGA	Albany to New York	50	88.0%	-21.2 min	2.0%
ALB–FLL	Albany to Fort Lauderdale	32	71.9%	12.5 min	0.0%
ALB–DFW	Albany to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	74.2%	5.1 min	0.0%
ALB–TPA	Albany to Tampa	31	64.5%	21.3 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 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	17.0%	37.1%	1,654
Late-arriving aircraft	39.9%	38.8%	3,873
National Aviation System	32.6%	17.6%	3,165
Extreme weather	10.5%	6.2%	1,023
Security	0.0%	0.3%	2

9,717 delay minutes on 146 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 December 2023?

86.0% of 957 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.