Rick Husband Amarillo International in September 2023

88.7%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 433 domestic departures from Rick Husband Amarillo International (AMA). 88.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.5% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so AMA departures were 8.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AMA that month were on time 81.9% of the time (432 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, national aviation system 29% and air carrier 21%.

On time 85.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.9%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	AMA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	88.7%	—	82.8%	80.5%
Arrived on time	85.5%	—	82.2%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	1.7%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.7 min	—	14.3 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	—	14	18,978
Scheduled departures	433	—	5,005	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	197	45%	90.9%	-3.7 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	138	32%	82.6%	1.1 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	64	15%	87.5%	3.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	34	8%	61.8%	32.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AMA–DFW	Amarillo to Dallas/Fort Worth	197	80.2%	6.1 min	0.5%
AMA–DAL	Amarillo to Dallas	112	93.8%	-9.2 min	0.9%
AMA–DEN	Amarillo to Denver	60	81.7%	5.2 min	0.0%
AMA–LAS	Amarillo to Las Vegas	30	83.3%	5.8 min	0.0%
AMA–AUS	Amarillo to Austin	25	100.0%	-8.1 min	0.0%
AMA–IAH	Amarillo to Houston	9	88.9%	29.4 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 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	21.2%	36.4%	892
Late-arriving aircraft	45.0%	38.3%	1,890
National Aviation System	28.8%	19.9%	1,210
Extreme weather	4.9%	5.1%	207
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,199 delay minutes on 60 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 September 2023?

88.7% of 433 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.