On-Time Report

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Airport month · August 2024

Albany International in August 2024

74.7%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,080 domestic departures from Albany International (ALB). 74.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.1% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so ALB departures were 0.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 1,072 departures with 77.8% leaving on time: a change of −3.1 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at ALB that month were on time 67.9% of the time (1,081 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 22%.

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

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

MeasureAug 2024Aug 2023ALB, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time74.7%77.8%78.9%75.4%
Arrived on time73.1%77.8%77.5%74.7%
Cancelled1.9%1.8%2.1%2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)21.7 min14.9 min18.2 min18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day36363520,634
Scheduled departures1,0801,07212,920619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines32930%72.9%12.5 min0.9%
OH PSA Airlines14313%67.1%12.3 min5.6%
AA American Airlines12111%71.1%30.3 min2.5%
DL Delta Air Lines11811%88.1%6.2 min0.8%
UA United Airlines908%65.6%15.6 min1.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines858%70.6%32.9 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air828%78.0%2.8 min4.9%
B6 JetBlue Airways626%69.4%12.0 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air505%76.0%11.8 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ALB–BWIAlbany to Baltimore14781.0%7.1 min1.4%
ALB–ORDAlbany to Chicago12163.6%18.6 min0.8%
ALB–CLTAlbany to Charlotte11965.5%38.0 min2.5%
ALB–DTWAlbany to Detroit11682.8%14.1 min0.0%
ALB–DCAAlbany to Washington11468.4%7.4 min6.1%
ALB–MCOAlbany to Orlando9569.5%16.6 min0.0%
ALB–ATLAlbany to Atlanta8585.9%12.2 min1.2%
ALB–MDWAlbany to Chicago6768.7%11.5 min1.5%
ALB–LGAAlbany to New York5377.4%4.3 min7.5%
ALB–DENAlbany to Denver3151.6%17.6 min0.0%
ALB–DFWAlbany to Dallas/Fort Worth3183.9%1.2 min3.2%
ALB–FLLAlbany to Fort Lauderdale3190.3%-6.9 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2024Minutes
Air carrier36.1%33.8%8,335
Late-arriving aircraft33.1%39.8%7,657
National Aviation System21.6%20.4%4,986
Extreme weather9.2%5.9%2,124
Security0.0%0.1%8
23,110 delay minutes on 267 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 August 2024?

74.7% of 1,080 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 77.8% of 1,072 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 74.7% and 1.9% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.