Rick Husband Amarillo International in October 2023

87.8%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 411 domestic departures from Rick Husband Amarillo International (AMA). 87.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.0% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so AMA departures were 4.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AMA that month were on time 81.1% of the time (412 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 17%.

On time 82.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.3%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	AMA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	87.8%	—	82.8%	83.8%
Arrived on time	82.0%	—	82.2%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.7%	—	1.7%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.4 min	—	14.3 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	—	14	19,966
Scheduled departures	411	—	5,005	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	208	51%	88.5%	-0.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	133	32%	75.2%	5.5 min	1.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	40	10%	72.5%	45.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	30	7%	80.0%	18.0 min	3.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AMA–DFW	Amarillo to Dallas/Fort Worth	167	76.0%	7.5 min	1.8%
AMA–DAL	Amarillo to Dallas	115	89.6%	-1.7 min	0.0%
AMA–DEN	Amarillo to Denver	61	75.4%	31.3 min	0.0%
AMA–LAS	Amarillo to Las Vegas	31	80.6%	8.4 min	0.0%
AMA–AUS	Amarillo to Austin	27	100.0%	-5.8 min	0.0%
AMA–IAH	Amarillo to Houston	6	83.3%	-3.3 min	0.0%
AMA–HOU	Amarillo to Houston	4	100.0%	-21.7 min	0.0%

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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	36.3%	41.3%	2,112
Late-arriving aircraft	32.8%	40.5%	1,907
National Aviation System	16.9%	14.4%	985
Extreme weather	12.8%	3.7%	742
Security	1.2%	0.2%	68

5,814 delay minutes on 71 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 October 2023?

87.8% of 411 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.