On-Time Report

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Airport month · January 2024

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International in January 2024

77.4%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,306 domestic departures from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM). 77.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.0% reached their destination on time; 3.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so BHM departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BHM that month were on time 72.4% of the time (1,310 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 15%.

Every scheduled departure from BHM in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

MeasureJan 2024Year earlierBHM, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time77.4%—79.8%74.0%
Arrived on time76.0%—80.3%72.9%
Cancelled3.5%—1.6%3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)18.8 min—16.3 min18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day44—4618,242
Scheduled departures1,306—16,924547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines33926%73.5%6.8 min2.7%
OH PSA Airlines32925%73.9%13.8 min5.5%
DL Delta Air Lines21717%86.2%6.7 min0.5%
MQ Envoy Air13310%75.2%6.9 min3.8%
9E Endeavor Air1058%73.3%3.8 min6.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines857%78.8%23.1 min4.7%
AA American Airlines625%64.5%26.3 min1.6%
YX Republic Airline353%82.9%-0.4 min2.9%
UA United Airlines10%100.0%-21.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BHM–ATLBirmingham to Atlanta22485.3%6.8 min0.9%
BHM–CLTBirmingham to Charlotte18275.8%14.2 min4.4%
BHM–DFWBirmingham to Dallas/Fort Worth15368.6%15.6 min3.3%
BHM–DENBirmingham to Denver9381.7%15.2 min1.1%
BHM–LGABirmingham to New York9276.1%3.3 min6.5%
BHM–DCABirmingham to Washington8273.2%7.8 min8.5%
BHM–MCOBirmingham to Orlando6669.7%12.2 min0.0%
BHM–DALBirmingham to Dallas6365.1%15.3 min3.2%
BHM–MIABirmingham to Miami6280.6%5.1 min3.2%
BHM–MDWBirmingham to Chicago4881.3%-4.1 min12.5%
BHM–HOUBirmingham to Houston4087.5%-3.9 min0.0%
BHM–TPABirmingham to Tampa3574.3%4.8 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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2024Minutes
Air carrier27.9%32.6%6,493
Late-arriving aircraft46.4%39.0%10,774
National Aviation System14.7%17.9%3,419
Extreme weather11.0%10.3%2,554
Security0.0%0.2%0
23,240 delay minutes on 266 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 BHM on time in January 2024?

77.4% of 1,306 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.