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Airport month · December 2024
Albany International in December 2024
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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 980 domestic departures from Albany International (ALB). 75.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.4% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so ALB departures were 2.7 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 957 departures with 86.0% leaving on time: a change of −10.9 points, with flights up 2%.
Flights arriving at ALB that month were on time 71.3% of the time (980 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 73.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.8%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.5%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | ALB, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.1% | 86.0% | 78.9% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 73.4% | 84.4% | 77.5% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | 0.3% | 2.1% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 26.4 min | 10.7 min | 18.2 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 33 | 32 | 35 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 980 | 957 | 12,920 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 280 | 29% | 81.8% | 8.6 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 119 | 12% | 74.8% | 15.0 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 109 | 11% | 71.6% | 10.3 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 107 | 11% | 55.1% | 36.6 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 96 | 10% | 80.2% | 6.9 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 73 | 7% | 71.2% | 8.0 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 68 | 7% | 64.7% | 35.8 min | 4.4% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 64 | 7% | 71.9% | 51.6 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 33 | 3% | 69.7% | 29.1 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 31 | 3% | 71.0% | 8.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALB–BWI | Albany to Baltimore | 125 | 85.6% | 3.3 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–MCO | Albany to Orlando | 109 | 68.8% | 28.4 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–DTW | Albany to Detroit | 108 | 77.8% | 10.2 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–DCA | Albany to Washington | 97 | 67.0% | 33.8 min | 3.1% |
| ALB–ATL | Albany to Atlanta | 88 | 76.1% | 10.1 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–CLT | Albany to Charlotte | 85 | 76.5% | 6.5 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–ORD | Albany to Chicago | 74 | 68.9% | 8.1 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–MDW | Albany to Chicago | 60 | 81.7% | 6.9 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–LGA | Albany to New York | 49 | 77.6% | 14.6 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–FLL | Albany to Fort Lauderdale | 46 | 47.8% | 40.1 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–DFW | Albany to Dallas/Fort Worth | 24 | 54.2% | 24.3 min | 0.0% |
| ALB–PGD | Albany to Punta Gorda | 20 | 70.0% | 20.9 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ALB on time in December 2024?
75.1% of 980 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 86.0% of 957 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 75.1% and 0.3% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.