Bangor International in September 2023

75.9%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 540 domestic departures from Bangor International (BGR). 75.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.1% reached their destination on time; 6.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so BGR departures were 4.6 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BGR that month were on time 76.0% of the time (541 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, national aviation system 34% and air carrier 23%.

On time 73.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.0%
Cancelled 6.9%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from BGR in September 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	BGR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	75.9%	—	75.6%	80.5%
Arrived on time	73.1%	—	72.0%	80.1%
Cancelled	6.9%	—	3.3%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.2 min	—	25.5 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	—	11	18,978
Scheduled departures	540	—	3,983	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	201	37%	71.6%	7.2 min	9.5%
AA American Airlines	121	22%	77.7%	9.2 min	4.1%
OH PSA Airlines	83	15%	77.1%	1.0 min	4.8%
9E Endeavor Air	69	13%	68.1%	18.0 min	7.2%
MQ Envoy Air	28	5%	64.3%	13.0 min	3.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	5%	70.4%	20.1 min	7.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	11	2%	81.8%	-7.8 min	9.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BGR–LGA	Bangor to New York	98	76.5%	1.3 min	7.1%
BGR–EWR	Bangor to Newark	89	65.2%	14.2 min	9.0%
BGR–PHL	Bangor to Philadelphia	88	71.6%	15.0 min	6.8%
BGR–DCA	Bangor to Washington	86	81.4%	-2.5 min	4.7%
BGR–ORD	Bangor to Chicago	63	74.6%	3.5 min	6.3%
BGR–CLT	Bangor to Charlotte	59	76.3%	7.2 min	3.4%
BGR–JFK	Bangor to New York	30	60.0%	37.2 min	13.3%
BGR–SFB	Bangor to Sanford	14	57.1%	43.9 min	7.1%
BGR–PIE	Bangor to St. Petersburg	13	84.6%	-5.7 min	7.7%

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 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	22.8%	36.4%	2,044
Late-arriving aircraft	40.3%	38.3%	3,618
National Aviation System	33.6%	19.9%	3,018
Extreme weather	3.3%	5.1%	294
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,974 delay minutes on 108 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 BGR on time in September 2023?

75.9% of 540 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

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