Austin - Bergstrom International in October 2024

85.6%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 7,398 domestic departures from Austin - Bergstrom International (AUS). 85.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.0% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so AUS departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 8,357 departures with 78.8% leaving on time: a change of +6.8 points, with flights down 11%.

Flights arriving at AUS that month were on time 85.7% of the time (7,403 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 86.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.2%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from AUS in October 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	AUS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	85.6%	78.8%	74.2%	85.5%
Arrived on time	86.0%	80.9%	75.5%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.2%	1.2%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.7 min	14.3 min	18.4 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	247	279	245	20,517
Scheduled departures	7,398	8,357	89,507	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	3,192	43%	85.0%	-0.6 min	0.8%
AA American Airlines	1,203	16%	84.9%	7.8 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,003	14%	89.5%	-1.2 min	0.2%
UA United Airlines	958	13%	88.0%	-4.3 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	365	5%	88.5%	0.5 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	253	3%	82.6%	-0.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	105	1%	94.3%	-7.0 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	99	1%	77.8%	13.5 min	1.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	86	1%	74.4%	7.8 min	2.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways	57	1%	87.7%	-5.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	56	1%	85.7%	8.4 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	13	0%	84.6%	2.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AUS–DEN	Austin to Denver	433	87.8%	-5.2 min	0.7%
AUS–DFW	Austin to Dallas/Fort Worth	425	83.3%	9.1 min	0.0%
AUS–ATL	Austin to Atlanta	382	90.3%	-1.1 min	0.0%
AUS–LAX	Austin to Los Angeles	338	83.7%	2.6 min	0.0%
AUS–BNA	Austin to Nashville	309	86.4%	2.1 min	0.3%
AUS–PHX	Austin to Phoenix	301	89.4%	-4.1 min	1.0%
AUS–ORD	Austin to Chicago	267	90.3%	0.9 min	0.0%
AUS–LAS	Austin to Las Vegas	254	88.6%	-3.1 min	0.0%
AUS–DAL	Austin to Dallas	216	88.9%	-3.1 min	0.0%
AUS–IAH	Austin to Houston	215	82.3%	3.4 min	0.5%
AUS–SFO	Austin to San Francisco	205	85.4%	-2.0 min	2.0%
AUS–JFK	Austin to New York	204	88.2%	-3.9 min	0.5%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.3%	42.7%	23,323
Late-arriving aircraft	42.2%	37.4%	25,721
National Aviation System	15.8%	16.3%	9,658
Extreme weather	3.2%	3.4%	1,959
Security	0.5%	0.2%	298

60,959 delay minutes on 978 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 AUS on time in October 2024?

85.6% of 7,398 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 78.8% of 8,357 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 85.6% and 0.6% in October 2024.

Provenance

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