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Airport month · August 2024
Austin - Bergstrom International in August 2024
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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 7,157 domestic departures from Austin - Bergstrom International (AUS). 79.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.7% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so AUS departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 8,137 departures with 78.8% leaving on time: a change of +0.8 points, with flights down 12%.
Flights arriving at AUS that month were on time 77.0% of the time (7,156 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 80.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.1%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | AUS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.6% | 78.8% | 74.2% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 80.7% | 80.3% | 75.5% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.7 min | 16.5 min | 18.4 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 239 | 271 | 245 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 7,157 | 8,137 | 89,507 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,963 | 41% | 83.4% | -0.5 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,207 | 17% | 74.4% | 22.0 min | 2.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,008 | 14% | 82.8% | 5.0 min | 1.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 814 | 11% | 83.3% | 0.3 min | 0.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 417 | 6% | 79.6% | 8.5 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 249 | 3% | 78.3% | 5.0 min | 0.8% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 166 | 2% | 92.8% | -2.1 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 100 | 1% | 75.0% | 6.0 min | 2.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 81 | 1% | 60.5% | 15.7 min | 9.9% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 74 | 1% | 70.3% | 36.8 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 62 | 1% | 46.8% | 58.2 min | 3.2% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 14 | 0% | 42.9% | 23.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS–DFW | Austin to Dallas/Fort Worth | 412 | 75.7% | 28.7 min | 0.2% |
| AUS–DEN | Austin to Denver | 399 | 84.2% | 0.3 min | 0.3% |
| AUS–ATL | Austin to Atlanta | 366 | 89.3% | -5.5 min | 1.1% |
| AUS–LAX | Austin to Los Angeles | 337 | 86.1% | 2.5 min | 0.3% |
| AUS–LAS | Austin to Las Vegas | 282 | 81.9% | 7.1 min | 0.0% |
| AUS–BNA | Austin to Nashville | 278 | 88.8% | -1.7 min | 0.0% |
| AUS–PHX | Austin to Phoenix | 274 | 85.4% | 7.8 min | 0.7% |
| AUS–ORD | Austin to Chicago | 266 | 77.8% | 7.8 min | 0.0% |
| AUS–DAL | Austin to Dallas | 205 | 88.8% | -4.3 min | 0.0% |
| AUS–MCO | Austin to Orlando | 200 | 81.0% | 4.5 min | 3.0% |
| AUS–SEA | Austin to Seattle | 193 | 83.4% | 2.3 min | 0.0% |
| AUS–JFK | Austin to New York | 190 | 61.6% | 25.8 min | 5.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left AUS on time in August 2024?
79.6% of 7,157 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 78.8% of 8,137 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 79.6% and 0.9% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; 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.