Rick Husband Amarillo International in December 2024

84.5%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 420 domestic departures from Rick Husband Amarillo International (AMA). 84.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.9% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so AMA departures were 6.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 461 departures with 87.6% leaving on time: a change of −3.1 points, with flights down 9%.

Flights arriving at AMA that month were on time 79.8% of the time (420 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 82.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.5%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 1.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	AMA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	84.5%	87.6%	82.8%	77.8%
Arrived on time	82.9%	86.1%	82.2%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.4%	1.7%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.0 min	11.4 min	14.3 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	15	14	19,686
Scheduled departures	420	461	5,005	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	168	40%	83.3%	5.4 min	1.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	164	39%	82.9%	4.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	15%	82.3%	0.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	26	6%	80.8%	17.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AMA–DFW	Amarillo to Dallas/Fort Worth	194	83.0%	7.0 min	1.0%
AMA–DAL	Amarillo to Dallas	109	84.4%	3.8 min	0.0%
AMA–DEN	Amarillo to Denver	62	82.3%	0.0 min	0.0%
AMA–LAS	Amarillo to Las Vegas	31	80.6%	10.2 min	0.0%
AMA–AUS	Amarillo to Austin	13	69.2%	6.4 min	0.0%
AMA–HOU	Amarillo to Houston	11	90.9%	-9.1 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	24.8%	34.3%	1,463
Late-arriving aircraft	44.4%	40.2%	2,621
National Aviation System	19.3%	17.8%	1,138
Extreme weather	11.4%	7.5%	673
Security	0.1%	0.2%	4

5,899 delay minutes on 65 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 2024?

84.5% of 420 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 87.6% of 461 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 84.5% and 0.5% in December 2024.

Provenance

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