Albany International in January 2024

77.5%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 863 domestic departures from Albany International (ALB). 77.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.9% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so ALB departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ALB that month were on time 69.9% of the time (864 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, national aviation system 29% and air carrier 21%.

On time 74.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.0%
Cancelled 2.5%
Diverted 0.6%

Every scheduled departure from ALB in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	ALB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	77.5%	—	78.9%	74.0%
Arrived on time	74.9%	—	77.5%	72.9%
Cancelled	2.5%	—	2.1%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.8 min	—	18.2 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	29	—	35	18,242
Scheduled departures	863	—	12,920	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	278	32%	77.7%	3.8 min	2.2%
AA American Airlines	123	14%	69.9%	9.6 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	106	12%	85.8%	-0.2 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	101	12%	76.2%	0.0 min	5.0%
OH PSA Airlines	80	9%	63.7%	28.8 min	5.0%
UA United Airlines	62	7%	74.2%	8.6 min	3.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	54	6%	59.3%	19.5 min	3.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	40	5%	82.5%	-7.6 min	2.5%
YX Republic Airline	11	1%	72.7%	-3.5 min	9.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	8	1%	75.0%	-1.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ALB–BWI	Albany to Baltimore	136	86.0%	-1.5 min	1.5%
ALB–CLT	Albany to Charlotte	93	69.9%	10.7 min	1.1%
ALB–MCO	Albany to Orlando	88	69.3%	12.0 min	1.1%
ALB–DTW	Albany to Detroit	87	73.6%	8.1 min	1.1%
ALB–DCA	Albany to Washington	86	65.1%	24.7 min	5.8%
ALB–ATL	Albany to Atlanta	75	86.7%	-3.5 min	0.0%
ALB–ORD	Albany to Chicago	62	74.2%	8.6 min	3.2%
ALB–LGA	Albany to New York	53	84.9%	-9.6 min	7.5%
ALB–MDW	Albany to Chicago	47	74.5%	3.5 min	8.5%
ALB–DFW	Albany to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	67.7%	10.2 min	0.0%
ALB–TPA	Albany to Tampa	31	67.7%	10.3 min	0.0%
ALB–FLL	Albany to Fort Lauderdale	29	48.3%	23.6 min	3.4%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	21.4%	32.6%	2,911
Late-arriving aircraft	42.0%	39.0%	5,709
National Aviation System	28.6%	17.9%	3,890
Extreme weather	7.8%	10.3%	1,064
Security	0.2%	0.2%	23

13,597 delay minutes on 190 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 January 2024?

77.5% of 863 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.