Rick Husband Amarillo International in August 2023

86.5%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 535 domestic departures from Rick Husband Amarillo International (AMA). 86.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.4% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so AMA departures were 9.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AMA that month were on time 80.6% of the time (535 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 41% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 85.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.8%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from AMA in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	AMA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	86.5%	—	82.8%	76.7%
Arrived on time	85.4%	—	82.2%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.7%	—	1.7%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.5 min	—	14.3 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	—	14	20,100
Scheduled departures	535	—	5,005	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	207	39%	89.4%	-3.4 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	138	26%	94.2%	-8.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	130	24%	82.3%	9.9 min	0.8%
AA American Airlines	60	11%	58.3%	53.4 min	3.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AMA–DFW	Amarillo to Dallas/Fort Worth	235	84.3%	8.0 min	0.9%
AMA–DAL	Amarillo to Dallas	118	96.6%	-8.8 min	0.8%
AMA–DEN	Amarillo to Denver	62	58.1%	27.4 min	1.6%
AMA–IAH	Amarillo to Houston	62	85.5%	9.5 min	0.0%
AMA–LAS	Amarillo to Las Vegas	31	93.5%	-9.2 min	0.0%
AMA–AUS	Amarillo to Austin	27	100.0%	-10.6 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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	40.8%	36.7%	3,140
Late-arriving aircraft	41.6%	42.2%	3,197
National Aviation System	14.0%	15.7%	1,075
Extreme weather	3.6%	5.1%	277
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,689 delay minutes on 74 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 AMA on time in August 2023?

86.5% of 535 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 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 August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for AMA · methodology · corrections.