Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International in February 2024

87.9%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,227 domestic departures from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM). 87.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.2% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so BHM departures were 3.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BHM that month were on time 84.8% of the time (1,228 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 87.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.5%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	BHM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	87.9%	—	79.8%	84.0%
Arrived on time	87.2%	—	80.3%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	1.6%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.5 min	—	16.3 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	41	—	46	17,307
Scheduled departures	1,227	—	16,924	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	311	25%	87.1%	-1.0 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	307	25%	85.0%	1.2 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	211	17%	93.4%	-6.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	143	12%	86.0%	-2.7 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	106	9%	86.8%	-2.5 min	1.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	82	7%	84.1%	9.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	38	3%	86.8%	-2.2 min	2.6%
AA American Airlines	29	2%	82.8%	0.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BHM–ATL	Birmingham to Atlanta	221	92.8%	-5.9 min	0.0%
BHM–CLT	Birmingham to Charlotte	166	90.4%	-3.0 min	0.0%
BHM–DFW	Birmingham to Dallas/Fort Worth	160	85.0%	3.2 min	0.0%
BHM–LGA	Birmingham to New York	98	84.7%	-0.2 min	3.1%
BHM–DEN	Birmingham to Denver	84	81.0%	1.7 min	0.0%
BHM–DCA	Birmingham to Washington	79	86.1%	-3.9 min	0.0%
BHM–MCO	Birmingham to Orlando	62	83.9%	4.2 min	0.0%
BHM–DAL	Birmingham to Dallas	58	81.0%	-1.0 min	0.0%
BHM–MIA	Birmingham to Miami	58	81.0%	1.3 min	0.0%
BHM–MDW	Birmingham to Chicago	42	95.2%	-8.0 min	0.0%
BHM–HOU	Birmingham to Houston	33	93.9%	4.6 min	0.0%
BHM–TPA	Birmingham to Tampa	33	84.8%	1.0 min	3.0%

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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.8%	35.9%	3,583
Late-arriving aircraft	41.7%	36.9%	3,955
National Aviation System	14.5%	21.7%	1,379
Extreme weather	5.5%	5.3%	521
Security	0.4%	0.3%	41

9,479 delay minutes on 153 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 February 2024?

87.9% of 1,227 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.