Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International in October 2023

87.1%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,519 domestic departures from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM). 87.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.0% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so BHM departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BHM that month were on time 84.4% of the time (1,516 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 41% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 87.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.3%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from BHM in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	BHM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	87.1%	—	79.8%	83.8%
Arrived on time	87.0%	—	80.3%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	1.6%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.9 min	—	16.3 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	51	—	46	19,966
Scheduled departures	1,519	—	16,924	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	372	24%	85.8%	2.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	301	20%	89.7%	0.5 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	227	15%	95.6%	-8.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	182	12%	83.0%	4.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	177	12%	80.2%	2.5 min	4.0%
9E Endeavor Air	115	8%	92.2%	-9.6 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	80	5%	93.8%	-6.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	54	4%	59.3%	15.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	11	1%	81.8%	-4.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BHM–ATL	Birmingham to Atlanta	227	95.6%	-8.6 min	0.0%
BHM–CLT	Birmingham to Charlotte	206	87.4%	4.8 min	0.5%
BHM–DFW	Birmingham to Dallas/Fort Worth	179	74.9%	3.8 min	3.9%
BHM–LGA	Birmingham to New York	107	92.5%	-10.5 min	0.0%
BHM–DEN	Birmingham to Denver	94	81.9%	4.8 min	0.0%
BHM–DCA	Birmingham to Washington	89	92.1%	-10.0 min	0.0%
BHM–ORD	Birmingham to Chicago	73	82.2%	4.4 min	0.0%
BHM–DAL	Birmingham to Dallas	67	86.6%	2.5 min	0.0%
BHM–MCO	Birmingham to Orlando	63	92.1%	-3.1 min	0.0%
BHM–IAH	Birmingham to Houston	62	80.6%	3.4 min	0.0%
BHM–MDW	Birmingham to Chicago	62	83.9%	3.9 min	0.0%
BHM–MIA	Birmingham to Miami	57	86.0%	1.2 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	42.7%	41.3%	5,048
Late-arriving aircraft	40.7%	40.5%	4,819
National Aviation System	14.5%	14.4%	1,712
Extreme weather	2.0%	3.7%	239
Security	0.1%	0.2%	10

11,828 delay minutes on 187 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 BHM on time in October 2023?

87.1% of 1,519 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

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