Albany International in March 2024

78.7%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,031 domestic departures from Albany International (ALB). 78.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so ALB departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ALB that month were on time 74.9% of the time (1,030 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, national aviation system 24% and air carrier 18%.

On time 78.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.9%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	ALB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	78.7%	—	78.9%	78.5%
Arrived on time	78.6%	—	77.5%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.9%	—	2.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.1 min	—	18.2 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	34	—	35	19,726
Scheduled departures	1,031	—	12,920	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	305	30%	72.5%	13.2 min	3.0%
AA American Airlines	119	12%	77.3%	11.3 min	2.5%
9E Endeavor Air	110	11%	86.4%	-0.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	97	9%	85.6%	-5.7 min	1.0%
OH PSA Airlines	83	8%	80.7%	-0.1 min	3.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	72	7%	90.3%	-11.9 min	1.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	63	6%	54.0%	47.8 min	3.2%
UA United Airlines	55	5%	96.4%	-17.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	52	5%	65.4%	15.6 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	50	5%	88.0%	-3.9 min	2.0%
MQ Envoy Air	25	2%	88.0%	-10.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ALB–BWI	Albany to Baltimore	143	81.1%	3.9 min	2.8%
ALB–DTW	Albany to Detroit	112	86.6%	-2.8 min	0.9%
ALB–ORD	Albany to Chicago	105	94.3%	-16.2 min	0.0%
ALB–MCO	Albany to Orlando	98	54.1%	38.4 min	4.1%
ALB–CLT	Albany to Charlotte	93	78.5%	5.9 min	3.2%
ALB–ATL	Albany to Atlanta	88	84.1%	-3.9 min	1.1%
ALB–DCA	Albany to Washington	88	81.8%	-0.8 min	3.4%
ALB–LGA	Albany to New York	57	89.5%	-6.0 min	0.0%
ALB–MDW	Albany to Chicago	50	82.0%	3.7 min	0.0%
ALB–FLL	Albany to Fort Lauderdale	42	64.3%	26.2 min	4.8%
ALB–EWR	Albany to Newark	32	87.5%	-9.5 min	0.0%
ALB–DFW	Albany to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	74.2%	23.2 min	3.2%

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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	18.3%	32.1%	3,062
Late-arriving aircraft	39.0%	42.1%	6,524
National Aviation System	24.4%	21.4%	4,083
Extreme weather	18.3%	4.2%	3,061
Security	0.0%	0.2%	1

16,731 delay minutes on 195 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 March 2024?

78.7% of 1,031 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.