On-Time Report

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Airport month · August 2023

Austin - Bergstrom International in August 2023

78.8%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 8,137 domestic departures from Austin - Bergstrom International (AUS). 78.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.3% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so AUS departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AUS that month were on time 77.7% of the time (8,135 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 42% and national aviation system 12%.

Every scheduled departure from AUS in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureAug 2023Year earlierAUS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time78.8%—74.2%76.7%
Arrived on time80.3%—75.5%76.9%
Cancelled1.1%—1.2%1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)16.5 min—18.4 min17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day271—24520,100
Scheduled departures8,137—89,507602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines3,16939%79.8%4.3 min1.0%
AA American Airlines1,37817%82.0%8.5 min0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines1,08213%81.1%10.7 min2.0%
UA United Airlines82610%84.6%0.3 min1.5%
MQ Envoy Air6828%80.1%2.6 min0.6%
AS Alaska Airlines2793%85.3%-4.0 min1.4%
NK Spirit Airlines2043%63.7%25.3 min0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines2022%71.3%39.9 min0.5%
G4 Allegiant Air1041%90.4%9.4 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways931%59.1%19.0 min1.1%
9E Endeavor Air751%86.7%4.9 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines240%58.3%14.3 min4.2%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AUS–DFWAustin to Dallas/Fort Worth41878.7%17.3 min1.4%
AUS–LAXAustin to Los Angeles41480.0%9.6 min0.7%
AUS–ATLAustin to Atlanta38580.3%-0.9 min2.1%
AUS–DENAustin to Denver36977.5%5.2 min2.2%
AUS–ORDAustin to Chicago29883.2%4.4 min0.0%
AUS–PHXAustin to Phoenix27383.9%8.0 min0.4%
AUS–LASAustin to Las Vegas26176.6%11.6 min2.3%
AUS–DALAustin to Dallas25781.3%1.2 min1.9%
AUS–MCOAustin to Orlando22276.1%11.6 min0.9%
AUS–JFKAustin to New York21776.5%7.9 min2.8%
AUS–SEAAustin to Seattle21786.6%-2.8 min0.5%
AUS–BNAAustin to Nashville20480.9%3.5 min0.5%

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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2023Minutes
Air carrier41.9%36.7%49,015
Late-arriving aircraft45.1%42.2%52,681
National Aviation System11.8%15.7%13,813
Extreme weather1.0%5.1%1,139
Security0.2%0.2%228
116,876 delay minutes on 1,487 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left AUS on time in August 2023?

78.8% of 8,137 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 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 August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for AUS · methodology · corrections.