Albany International in April 2024

82.9%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,000 domestic departures from Albany International (ALB). 82.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.6% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so ALB departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ALB that month were on time 77.8% of the time (1,000 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 83.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.1%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2024	Year earlier	ALB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time	82.9%	—	78.9%	80.5%
Arrived on time	83.6%	—	77.5%	80.2%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	2.1%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.6 min	—	18.2 min	14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	33	—	35	19,406
Scheduled departures	1,000	—	12,920	582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	275	28%	83.3%	4.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	120	12%	77.5%	14.0 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	116	12%	90.5%	-6.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	86	9%	86.0%	1.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	86	9%	93.0%	-5.0 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	63	6%	69.8%	35.3 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	60	6%	78.3%	7.6 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	60	6%	90.0%	-12.4 min	1.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	56	6%	71.4%	71.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	48	5%	89.6%	-1.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	3%	90.0%	-9.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ALB–BWI	Albany to Baltimore	139	82.7%	2.0 min	0.0%
ALB–DTW	Albany to Detroit	116	92.2%	-5.4 min	0.0%
ALB–ORD	Albany to Chicago	115	90.4%	-9.7 min	0.0%
ALB–MCO	Albany to Orlando	94	79.8%	5.0 min	0.0%
ALB–CLT	Albany to Charlotte	90	82.2%	8.9 min	0.0%
ALB–ATL	Albany to Atlanta	86	86.0%	1.3 min	0.0%
ALB–DCA	Albany to Washington	86	74.4%	26.6 min	0.0%
ALB–LGA	Albany to New York	56	92.9%	-4.9 min	0.0%
ALB–MDW	Albany to Chicago	52	86.5%	7.1 min	0.0%
ALB–FLL	Albany to Fort Lauderdale	32	84.4%	1.1 min	0.0%
ALB–DFW	Albany to Dallas/Fort Worth	30	63.3%	29.9 min	0.0%
ALB–EWR	Albany to Newark	30	86.7%	-9.7 min	3.3%

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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	41.8%	33.6%	7,453
Late-arriving aircraft	29.3%	41.0%	5,223
National Aviation System	24.8%	20.0%	4,423
Extreme weather	4.0%	5.1%	717
Security	0.1%	0.2%	20

17,836 delay minutes on 161 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 April 2024?

82.9% of 1,000 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.