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Airport month · May 2024

Albany International in May 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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,016 domestic departures from Albany International (ALB). 78.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.4% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so ALB departures were 5.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ALB that month were on time 72.8% of the time (1,015 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, national aviation system 25% and air carrier 24%.

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

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

MeasureMay 2024Year earlierALB, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time78.7%—78.9%73.4%
Arrived on time79.4%—77.5%72.3%
Cancelled0.7%—2.1%1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.8 min—18.2 min20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day34—3520,325
Scheduled departures1,016—12,920609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines27527%75.6%9.9 min0.7%
AA American Airlines12412%67.7%12.3 min1.6%
9E Endeavor Air12012%95.0%-13.6 min0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines11311%80.5%6.0 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline879%78.2%3.3 min1.1%
OH PSA Airlines717%85.9%3.3 min0.0%
UA United Airlines666%81.8%2.2 min1.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways535%69.8%15.6 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air384%81.6%-1.1 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines353%91.4%-7.8 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air343%79.4%3.6 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ALB–BWIAlbany to Baltimore14376.2%6.6 min0.0%
ALB–ORDAlbany to Chicago12183.5%0.8 min0.8%
ALB–DTWAlbany to Detroit11995.8%-11.5 min0.0%
ALB–DCAAlbany to Washington10978.9%7.3 min0.0%
ALB–CLTAlbany to Charlotte9371.0%13.1 min1.1%
ALB–ATLAlbany to Atlanta8875.0%11.4 min0.0%
ALB–MCOAlbany to Orlando8871.6%15.2 min2.3%
ALB–LGAAlbany to New York5893.1%-14.6 min1.7%
ALB–MDWAlbany to Chicago5485.2%3.2 min0.0%
ALB–DFWAlbany to Dallas/Fort Worth3158.1%10.1 min3.2%
ALB–EWRAlbany to Newark3183.9%-3.8 min3.2%
ALB–FLLAlbany to Fort Lauderdale3164.5%19.1 min0.0%

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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, May 2024Minutes
Air carrier24.3%29.8%3,283
Late-arriving aircraft44.8%43.0%6,044
National Aviation System25.2%20.1%3,399
Extreme weather5.7%7.0%774
Security0.0%0.1%0
13,500 delay minutes on 200 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left ALB on time in May 2024?

78.7% of 1,016 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.