Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International in April 2024

84.2%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,429 domestic departures from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM). 84.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.8% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so BHM departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BHM that month were on time 81.5% of the time (1,430 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 54%, national aviation system 20% and air carrier 20%.

On time 82.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.2%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2024	Year earlier	BHM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time	84.2%	—	79.8%	80.5%
Arrived on time	82.8%	—	80.3%	80.2%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	1.6%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.5 min	—	16.3 min	14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	48	—	46	19,406
Scheduled departures	1,429	—	16,924	582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	360	25%	80.0%	10.0 min	0.3%
OH PSA Airlines	317	22%	80.4%	6.3 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	253	18%	89.3%	-2.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	247	17%	77.3%	7.3 min	1.6%
9E Endeavor Air	95	7%	86.3%	-6.8 min	1.1%
YX Republic Airline	85	6%	87.1%	-1.8 min	1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	72	5%	93.1%	-3.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BHM–ATL	Birmingham to Atlanta	255	89.4%	-2.3 min	0.0%
BHM–DFW	Birmingham to Dallas/Fort Worth	200	69.5%	17.6 min	3.0%
BHM–CLT	Birmingham to Charlotte	198	78.3%	5.1 min	0.0%
BHM–LGA	Birmingham to New York	105	91.4%	-10.3 min	1.0%
BHM–DEN	Birmingham to Denver	86	90.7%	-4.5 min	0.0%
BHM–DCA	Birmingham to Washington	82	86.6%	1.5 min	1.2%
BHM–DAL	Birmingham to Dallas	79	75.9%	18.6 min	0.0%
BHM–MCO	Birmingham to Orlando	64	82.8%	11.5 min	0.0%
BHM–MIA	Birmingham to Miami	60	90.0%	-3.0 min	0.0%
BHM–PHL	Birmingham to Philadelphia	57	93.0%	-6.2 min	0.0%
BHM–MDW	Birmingham to Chicago	55	89.1%	-1.3 min	0.0%
BHM–HOU	Birmingham to Houston	41	82.9%	10.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	19.7%	33.6%	3,122
Late-arriving aircraft	53.5%	41.0%	8,478
National Aviation System	20.2%	20.0%	3,203
Extreme weather	6.5%	5.1%	1,029
Security	0.1%	0.2%	12

15,844 delay minutes on 232 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 April 2024?

84.2% of 1,429 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.