Rick Husband Amarillo International in September 2024

88.2%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 425 domestic departures from Rick Husband Amarillo International (AMA). 88.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so AMA departures were 3.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 433 departures with 88.7% leaving on time: a change of −0.5 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at AMA that month were on time 85.4% of the time (425 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 83.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.9%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	AMA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	88.2%	88.7%	82.8%	84.4%
Arrived on time	83.1%	85.5%	82.2%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.5%	1.7%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.0 min	9.7 min	14.3 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	14	14	19,421
Scheduled departures	425	433	5,005	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	196	46%	80.1%	4.0 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	154	36%	88.3%	-0.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	75	18%	80.0%	9.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AMA–DFW	Amarillo to Dallas/Fort Worth	211	79.6%	4.4 min	0.0%
AMA–DAL	Amarillo to Dallas	103	90.3%	-1.6 min	0.0%
AMA–DEN	Amarillo to Denver	60	81.7%	9.6 min	0.0%
AMA–LAS	Amarillo to Las Vegas	30	80.0%	6.8 min	0.0%
AMA–AUS	Amarillo to Austin	17	88.2%	1.2 min	0.0%
AMA–HOU	Amarillo to Houston	4	100.0%	-21.5 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	39.2%	38.6%	1,660
Late-arriving aircraft	35.6%	38.4%	1,505
National Aviation System	23.8%	18.2%	1,005
Extreme weather	1.4%	4.8%	61
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,231 delay minutes on 72 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 2024?

88.2% of 425 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 88.7% of 433 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 88.2% and 0.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.