Bangor International in December 2024

79.7%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 266 domestic departures from Bangor International (BGR). 79.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.1% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so BGR departures were 1.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 238 departures with 84.9% leaving on time: a change of −5.2 points, with flights up 12%.

Flights arriving at BGR that month were on time 75.6% of the time (266 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 54%, national aviation system 24% and air carrier 11%.

On time 77.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.4%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from BGR in December 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	BGR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	79.7%	84.9%	75.6%	77.8%
Arrived on time	77.1%	84.0%	72.0%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.1%	2.1%	3.3%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.4 min	15.0 min	25.5 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	8	11	19,686
Scheduled departures	266	238	3,983	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	100	38%	88.0%	-5.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	87	33%	65.5%	28.3 min	3.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	46	17%	73.9%	20.3 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	33	12%	78.8%	6.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BGR–DCA	Bangor to Washington	87	65.5%	28.3 min	3.4%
BGR–LGA	Bangor to New York	69	91.3%	-7.8 min	0.0%
BGR–EWR	Bangor to Newark	33	78.8%	6.1 min	0.0%
BGR–JFK	Bangor to New York	31	80.6%	-0.3 min	0.0%
BGR–SFB	Bangor to Sanford	20	75.0%	3.5 min	0.0%
BGR–PIE	Bangor to St. Petersburg	18	72.2%	49.8 min	0.0%
BGR–PGD	Bangor to Punta Gorda	8	75.0%	-4.1 min	0.0%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	11.4%	34.3%	736
Late-arriving aircraft	53.8%	40.2%	3,473
National Aviation System	23.8%	17.8%	1,533
Extreme weather	11.0%	7.5%	710
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,452 delay minutes on 57 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 December 2024?

79.7% of 266 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 84.9% of 238 departures left on time and 2.1% were cancelled, against 79.7% and 1.1% in December 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2024; 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.