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Airport month · September 2024
Austin - Bergstrom International in September 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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 6,816 domestic departures from Austin - Bergstrom International (AUS). 86.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so AUS departures were 1.9 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 7,831 departures with 79.8% leaving on time: a change of +6.5 points, with flights down 13%.
Flights arriving at AUS that month were on time 84.1% of the time (6,818 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 86.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.3%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.1%
September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2024 | Sep 2023 | AUS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 86.3% | 79.8% | 74.2% | 84.4% |
| Arrived on time | 86.3% | 78.5% | 75.5% | 83.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.6% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.5 min | 16.9 min | 18.4 min | 10.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 227 | 261 | 245 | 19,421 |
| Scheduled departures | 6,816 | 7,831 | 89,507 | 582,622 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,817 | 41% | 86.1% | -0.9 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,172 | 17% | 87.3% | 2.3 min | 0.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 976 | 14% | 86.9% | 0.2 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 813 | 12% | 89.2% | -1.6 min | 0.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 376 | 6% | 83.8% | -0.4 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 242 | 4% | 80.6% | 2.4 min | 0.8% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 148 | 2% | 89.9% | -3.0 min | 0.7% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 76 | 1% | 77.6% | 3.2 min | 1.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 64 | 1% | 81.3% | 11.3 min | 1.6% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 60 | 1% | 75.0% | 14.6 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 54 | 1% | 83.3% | 7.9 min | 1.9% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 13 | 0% | 92.3% | 51.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS–DFW | Austin to Dallas/Fort Worth | 399 | 89.7% | -1.5 min | 0.0% |
| AUS–DEN | Austin to Denver | 387 | 89.1% | -1.3 min | 0.0% |
| AUS–ATL | Austin to Atlanta | 344 | 88.4% | -4.9 min | 0.0% |
| AUS–LAX | Austin to Los Angeles | 322 | 88.8% | 4.4 min | 0.0% |
| AUS–BNA | Austin to Nashville | 264 | 86.4% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
| AUS–PHX | Austin to Phoenix | 260 | 90.4% | -3.6 min | 0.8% |
| AUS–LAS | Austin to Las Vegas | 255 | 82.4% | 6.4 min | 0.0% |
| AUS–ORD | Austin to Chicago | 252 | 88.1% | -1.5 min | 0.0% |
| AUS–SEA | Austin to Seattle | 204 | 84.3% | 1.8 min | 0.5% |
| AUS–DAL | Austin to Dallas | 199 | 85.4% | -3.0 min | 1.0% |
| AUS–JFK | Austin to New York | 199 | 85.9% | 0.3 min | 0.0% |
| AUS–MCO | Austin to Orlando | 188 | 86.2% | -1.0 min | 0.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left AUS on time in September 2024?
86.3% of 6,816 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2023, 79.8% of 7,831 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 86.3% and 0.3% in September 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.