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Airport month · May 2024
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International in May 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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,512 domestic departures from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM). 71.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.4% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so BHM departures were 1.9 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at BHM that month were on time 68.5% of the time (1,513 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 70.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.4%
- Cancelled 1.6%
- Diverted 0.5%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | BHM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 71.5% | — | 79.8% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 70.4% | — | 80.3% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.6% | — | 1.6% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 27.0 min | — | 16.3 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 50 | — | 46 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,512 | — | 16,924 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 431 | 29% | 65.7% | 24.4 min | 1.9% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 368 | 24% | 66.8% | 24.3 min | 1.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 257 | 17% | 87.2% | 1.8 min | 0.8% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 178 | 12% | 66.9% | 18.7 min | 1.7% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 112 | 7% | 81.3% | 10.8 min | 2.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 100 | 7% | 68.0% | 25.0 min | 1.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 51 | 3% | 43.1% | 104.3 min | 5.9% |
| YX Republic Airline | 15 | 1% | 80.0% | 6.9 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHM–ATL | Birmingham to Atlanta | 261 | 87.0% | 1.8 min | 0.8% |
| BHM–CLT | Birmingham to Charlotte | 216 | 63.9% | 24.0 min | 0.5% |
| BHM–DFW | Birmingham to Dallas/Fort Worth | 215 | 56.3% | 47.8 min | 5.6% |
| BHM–DEN | Birmingham to Denver | 90 | 74.4% | 21.9 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–DCA | Birmingham to Washington | 85 | 81.2% | 0.8 min | 1.2% |
| BHM–LGA | Birmingham to New York | 85 | 83.5% | 8.2 min | 3.5% |
| BHM–DAL | Birmingham to Dallas | 81 | 56.8% | 32.0 min | 2.5% |
| BHM–MCO | Birmingham to Orlando | 66 | 74.2% | 25.7 min | 1.5% |
| BHM–MIA | Birmingham to Miami | 62 | 61.3% | 28.2 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–PHL | Birmingham to Philadelphia | 62 | 71.0% | 26.9 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–MDW | Birmingham to Chicago | 57 | 70.2% | 20.4 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–ORD | Birmingham to Chicago | 48 | 64.6% | 30.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BHM on time in May 2024?
71.5% of 1,512 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.