Albany International in September 2024

87.4%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,051 domestic departures from Albany International (ALB). 87.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.4% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so ALB departures were 3.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 923 departures with 82.8% leaving on time: a change of +4.6 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at ALB that month were on time 81.6% of the time (1,052 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 54%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 86.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.9%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	ALB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	87.4%	82.8%	78.9%	84.4%
Arrived on time	86.4%	82.6%	77.5%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.4%	2.1%	2.1%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.6 min	12.5 min	18.2 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	35	31	35	19,421
Scheduled departures	1,051	923	12,920	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	323	31%	85.4%	-0.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	135	13%	80.7%	17.7 min	0.7%
OH PSA Airlines	119	11%	85.7%	4.8 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	111	11%	90.1%	-4.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	90	9%	86.7%	-2.3 min	1.1%
9E Endeavor Air	73	7%	97.3%	-15.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	67	6%	94.0%	-11.2 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	53	5%	88.7%	-6.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	42	4%	61.9%	10.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	36	3%	94.4%	-9.1 min	2.8%
YX Republic Airline	2	0%	100.0%	-12.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ALB–BWI	Albany to Baltimore	145	86.9%	-0.8 min	0.0%
ALB–ORD	Albany to Chicago	139	79.9%	1.3 min	0.7%
ALB–DCA	Albany to Washington	116	86.2%	5.2 min	0.0%
ALB–DTW	Albany to Detroit	111	96.4%	-12.3 min	0.0%
ALB–CLT	Albany to Charlotte	108	75.9%	26.2 min	1.9%
ALB–MCO	Albany to Orlando	86	86.0%	-5.4 min	0.0%
ALB–ATL	Albany to Atlanta	81	86.4%	-1.7 min	0.0%
ALB–MDW	Albany to Chicago	64	85.9%	1.9 min	0.0%
ALB–LGA	Albany to New York	54	96.3%	-14.2 min	0.0%
ALB–DEN	Albany to Denver	30	83.3%	-2.1 min	0.0%
ALB–DFW	Albany to Dallas/Fort Worth	30	96.7%	-15.2 min	0.0%
ALB–FLL	Albany to Fort Lauderdale	30	93.3%	-7.9 min	0.0%

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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	53.9%	38.6%	5,597
Late-arriving aircraft	29.9%	38.4%	3,109
National Aviation System	14.4%	18.2%	1,494
Extreme weather	1.8%	4.8%	186
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

10,386 delay minutes on 136 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 September 2024?

87.4% of 1,051 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 82.8% of 923 departures left on time and 2.1% were cancelled, against 87.4% and 0.4% in September 2024.

Provenance

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