On-Time Report

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Airport month · September 2025

Austin - Bergstrom International in September 2025

84.1%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 6,889 domestic departures from Austin - Bergstrom International (AUS). 84.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.7% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so AUS departures were 1.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 6,816 departures with 86.3% leaving on time: a change of −2.2 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at AUS that month were on time 84.8% of the time (6,886 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 26%.

Every scheduled departure from AUS in September 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureSep 2025Sep 2024AUS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time84.1%86.3%74.2%83.1%
Arrived on time83.7%86.3%75.5%82.8%
Cancelled0.4%0.3%1.2%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)11.6 min9.5 min18.4 min12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day23022724518,748
Scheduled departures6,8896,81689,507562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines2,86242%83.0%1.7 min0.1%
DL Delta Air Lines1,06916%88.8%-2.8 min0.3%
UA United Airlines91413%84.6%0.3 min0.5%
AA American Airlines82012%78.9%16.9 min1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines6399%87.0%-2.5 min0.5%
AS Alaska Airlines1793%87.2%-2.2 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines1793%77.1%1.7 min1.1%
MQ Envoy Air991%84.8%5.5 min1.0%
NK Spirit Airlines571%84.2%3.7 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air421%69.0%9.4 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways260%38.5%47.4 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline30%33.3%43.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AUS–ATLAustin to Atlanta38590.6%-7.2 min0.0%
AUS–DENAustin to Denver37781.2%3.1 min0.8%
AUS–DFWAustin to Dallas/Fort Worth37077.0%17.5 min2.4%
AUS–LAXAustin to Los Angeles27091.1%-1.6 min0.0%
AUS–ORDAustin to Chicago25877.1%6.2 min0.4%
AUS–IAHAustin to Houston23776.8%5.9 min0.4%
AUS–PHXAustin to Phoenix23679.2%10.5 min1.7%
AUS–BNAAustin to Nashville22886.4%-2.1 min0.0%
AUS–SFOAustin to San Francisco22883.3%2.8 min0.0%
AUS–LASAustin to Las Vegas21874.8%7.0 min0.5%
AUS–DALAustin to Dallas18986.8%-1.0 min0.0%
AUS–MSYAustin to New Orleans17787.0%-6.4 min0.0%

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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2025Minutes
Air carrier28.8%34.3%20,256
Late-arriving aircraft42.2%37.4%29,689
National Aviation System25.6%22.6%18,012
Extreme weather3.2%5.6%2,257
Security0.1%0.1%105
70,319 delay minutes on 1,085 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 September 2025?

84.1% of 6,889 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 86.3% of 6,816 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 84.1% and 0.4% in September 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2025; 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.