Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International in November 2023

90.9%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,467 domestic departures from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM). 90.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.3% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so BHM departures were 4.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BHM that month were on time 87.7% of the time (1,469 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 41% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 90.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.7%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	BHM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	90.9%	—	79.8%	86.0%
Arrived on time	90.3%	—	80.3%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.6%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.3 min	—	16.3 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	49	—	46	18,793
Scheduled departures	1,467	—	16,924	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	368	25%	89.9%	-2.8 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	283	19%	89.8%	-5.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	210	14%	95.2%	-10.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	193	13%	87.6%	-3.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	179	12%	86.0%	0.8 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	116	8%	94.8%	-11.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	61	4%	90.2%	-6.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	57	4%	89.5%	-2.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BHM–ATL	Birmingham to Atlanta	217	95.4%	-10.5 min	0.0%
BHM–CLT	Birmingham to Charlotte	204	89.7%	-4.4 min	0.0%
BHM–DFW	Birmingham to Dallas/Fort Worth	167	87.4%	-5.1 min	0.0%
BHM–LGA	Birmingham to New York	102	95.1%	-10.8 min	0.0%
BHM–DEN	Birmingham to Denver	89	87.6%	0.4 min	0.0%
BHM–DCA	Birmingham to Washington	83	88.0%	-6.2 min	0.0%
BHM–IAH	Birmingham to Houston	78	84.6%	-0.9 min	0.0%
BHM–DAL	Birmingham to Dallas	64	82.8%	4.8 min	0.0%
BHM–MCO	Birmingham to Orlando	63	95.2%	-3.5 min	0.0%
BHM–MDW	Birmingham to Chicago	59	89.8%	-1.0 min	0.0%
BHM–MIA	Birmingham to Miami	59	88.1%	2.0 min	0.0%
BHM–HOU	Birmingham to Houston	57	93.0%	-5.2 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	42.4%	42.5%	3,143
Late-arriving aircraft	41.0%	37.3%	3,042
National Aviation System	14.9%	16.2%	1,108
Extreme weather	1.6%	3.7%	122
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

7,415 delay minutes on 142 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 November 2023?

90.9% of 1,467 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.