Rick Husband Amarillo International in May 2024

70.1%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 421 domestic departures from Rick Husband Amarillo International (AMA). 70.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.2% reached their destination on time; 4.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so AMA departures were 3.3 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AMA that month were on time 64.8% of the time (421 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, extreme weather 28% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 68.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.6%
Cancelled 4.0%
Diverted 1.2%

Every scheduled departure from AMA in May 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	AMA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	70.1%	—	82.8%	73.4%
Arrived on time	68.2%	—	82.2%	72.3%
Cancelled	4.0%	—	1.7%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.4 min	—	14.3 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	—	14	20,325
Scheduled departures	421	—	5,005	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	159	38%	72.3%	14.4 min	0.6%
MQ Envoy Air	156	37%	65.4%	18.5 min	7.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	106	25%	66.0%	24.6 min	3.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AMA–DFW	Amarillo to Dallas/Fort Worth	204	64.7%	24.3 min	7.4%
AMA–DAL	Amarillo to Dallas	96	75.0%	15.6 min	1.0%
AMA–DEN	Amarillo to Denver	62	69.4%	9.3 min	1.6%
AMA–LAS	Amarillo to Las Vegas	31	54.8%	24.5 min	0.0%
AMA–AUS	Amarillo to Austin	27	81.5%	2.6 min	0.0%
AMA–HOU	Amarillo to Houston	1	100.0%	-30.0 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	16.5%	29.8%	1,635
Late-arriving aircraft	34.7%	43.0%	3,445
National Aviation System	21.1%	20.1%	2,091
Extreme weather	27.8%	7.0%	2,756
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,927 delay minutes on 112 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 May 2024?

70.1% of 421 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 2023 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 May 2024; 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.