Rick Husband Amarillo International in October 2024

87.9%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 462 domestic departures from Rick Husband Amarillo International (AMA). 87.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.8% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so AMA departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 411 departures with 87.8% leaving on time: a change of +0.1 points, with flights up 12%.

Flights arriving at AMA that month were on time 86.8% of the time (462 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 61%, air carrier 22% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 86.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.0%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	AMA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	87.9%	87.8%	82.8%	85.5%
Arrived on time	86.8%	82.0%	82.2%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.7%	1.7%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.5 min	13.4 min	14.3 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	14	14	20,517
Scheduled departures	462	411	5,005	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	163	35%	91.4%	-4.2 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	156	34%	85.9%	-3.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	98	21%	85.7%	-1.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	45	10%	75.6%	13.6 min	2.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AMA–DFW	Amarillo to Dallas/Fort Worth	213	86.9%	-0.1 min	0.5%
AMA–DAL	Amarillo to Dallas	105	89.5%	-4.0 min	0.0%
AMA–DEN	Amarillo to Denver	62	83.9%	1.8 min	0.0%
AMA–IAH	Amarillo to Houston	31	96.8%	-10.7 min	0.0%
AMA–LAS	Amarillo to Las Vegas	31	74.2%	-2.1 min	0.0%
AMA–AUS	Amarillo to Austin	16	81.3%	2.9 min	0.0%
AMA–HOU	Amarillo to Houston	4	100.0%	-13.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	21.7%	42.7%	686
Late-arriving aircraft	61.4%	37.4%	1,943
National Aviation System	16.9%	16.3%	535
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.4%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,164 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 October 2024?

87.9% of 462 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 87.8% of 411 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 87.9% and 0.2% in October 2024.

Provenance

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