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Airport month · March 2024
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International in March 2024
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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,372 domestic departures from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM). 83.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.5% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so BHM departures were 5.4 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at BHM that month were on time 78.6% of the time (1,370 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 83.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.6%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.2%
March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2024 | Year earlier | BHM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.9% | — | 79.8% | 78.5% |
| Arrived on time | 83.5% | — | 80.3% | 78.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | — | 1.6% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.8 min | — | 16.3 min | 15.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 46 | — | 46 | 19,726 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,372 | — | 16,924 | 591,767 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 363 | 26% | 75.5% | 10.8 min | 0.8% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 353 | 26% | 83.3% | 2.7 min | 0.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 252 | 18% | 91.3% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 157 | 11% | 76.4% | 7.4 min | 1.9% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 89 | 6% | 87.6% | -9.8 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 89 | 6% | 95.5% | -14.3 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 68 | 5% | 94.1% | -6.2 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 1 | 0% | 100.0% | -7.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHM–ATL | Birmingham to Atlanta | 256 | 91.4% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–DFW | Birmingham to Dallas/Fort Worth | 185 | 75.7% | 4.4 min | 2.2% |
| BHM–CLT | Birmingham to Charlotte | 177 | 84.2% | 6.9 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–LGA | Birmingham to New York | 99 | 87.9% | -10.0 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–DEN | Birmingham to Denver | 88 | 93.2% | -10.2 min | 1.1% |
| BHM–DCA | Birmingham to Washington | 83 | 91.6% | -6.2 min | 1.2% |
| BHM–DAL | Birmingham to Dallas | 79 | 81.0% | 3.3 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–MCO | Birmingham to Orlando | 67 | 67.2% | 17.8 min | 1.5% |
| BHM–MIA | Birmingham to Miami | 62 | 80.6% | 6.4 min | 1.6% |
| BHM–MDW | Birmingham to Chicago | 50 | 84.0% | 1.1 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–HOU | Birmingham to Houston | 40 | 75.0% | 4.5 min | 2.5% |
| BHM–TPA | Birmingham to Tampa | 40 | 62.5% | 33.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BHM on time in March 2024?
83.9% of 1,372 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
March 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 March 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.