Rick Husband Amarillo International in December 2023

87.6%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 461 domestic departures from Rick Husband Amarillo International (AMA). 87.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.1% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so AMA departures were 4.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AMA that month were on time 85.4% of the time (460 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 58%, late-arriving aircraft 23% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 86.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.4%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	AMA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	87.6%	—	82.8%	83.1%
Arrived on time	86.1%	—	82.2%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	1.7%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.4 min	—	14.3 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	—	14	19,013
Scheduled departures	461	—	5,005	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	209	45%	89.5%	-4.9 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	99	21%	83.8%	0.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	93	20%	89.2%	-5.6 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	60	13%	73.3%	44.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AMA–DFW	Amarillo to Dallas/Fort Worth	181	84.0%	10.5 min	0.6%
AMA–DAL	Amarillo to Dallas	119	89.9%	-5.3 min	0.8%
AMA–DEN	Amarillo to Denver	62	83.9%	0.7 min	0.0%
AMA–IAH	Amarillo to Houston	40	77.5%	6.5 min	0.0%
AMA–LAS	Amarillo to Las Vegas	31	90.3%	-5.9 min	0.0%
AMA–AUS	Amarillo to Austin	26	96.2%	-7.9 min	0.0%
AMA–HOU	Amarillo to Houston	2	100.0%	-11.0 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	57.7%	37.1%	2,828
Late-arriving aircraft	22.5%	38.8%	1,100
National Aviation System	11.4%	17.6%	558
Extreme weather	7.7%	6.2%	376
Security	0.8%	0.3%	37

4,899 delay minutes on 62 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 December 2023?

87.6% of 461 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.