Appleton International in December 2023

85.7%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 476 domestic departures from Appleton International (ATW). 85.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.7% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so ATW departures were 2.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ATW that month were on time 81.3% of the time (476 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, national aviation system 25% and late-arriving aircraft 22%.

On time 80.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ATW 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	ATW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	85.7%	—	78.0%	83.1%
Arrived on time	80.7%	—	75.6%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	2.7%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.9 min	—	21.3 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	—	21	19,013
Scheduled departures	476	—	7,698	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	247	52%	82.2%	6.3 min	0.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	100	21%	73.0%	8.6 min	1.0%
9E Endeavor Air	54	11%	77.8%	17.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	52	11%	86.5%	-6.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	23	5%	91.3%	-16.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ATW–ORD	Appleton to Chicago	153	81.7%	3.1 min	0.7%
ATW–MSP	Appleton to Minneapolis	68	82.4%	4.5 min	1.5%
ATW–DTW	Appleton to Detroit	62	77.4%	14.8 min	0.0%
ATW–DEN	Appleton to Denver	35	85.7%	4.2 min	0.0%
ATW–ATL	Appleton to Atlanta	31	87.1%	4.2 min	0.0%
ATW–CLT	Appleton to Charlotte	31	90.3%	-6.7 min	0.0%
ATW–PGD	Appleton to Punta Gorda	17	58.8%	45.8 min	5.9%
ATW–AZA	Appleton to Phoenix	15	93.3%	-28.4 min	0.0%
ATW–BNA	Appleton to Nashville	13	84.6%	-9.2 min	0.0%
ATW–SFB	Appleton to Sanford	13	69.2%	33.1 min	0.0%
ATW–PIE	Appleton to St. Petersburg	12	75.0%	-6.9 min	0.0%
ATW–FLL	Appleton to Fort Lauderdale	9	22.2%	43.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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	40.3%	37.1%	3,526
Late-arriving aircraft	22.1%	38.8%	1,936
National Aviation System	25.0%	17.6%	2,193
Extreme weather	12.5%	6.2%	1,093
Security	0.1%	0.3%	7

8,755 delay minutes on 89 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 ATW on time in December 2023?

85.7% of 476 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.7% 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 ATW · methodology · corrections.