Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International in June 2024

78.2%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 June 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,457 domestic departures from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM). 78.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.7% of flights departed on time and 73.9% arrived on time, so BHM departures were 4.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BHM that month were on time 70.7% of the time (1,461 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 78.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.5%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Jun 2024	Year earlier	BHM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jun 2024
Departed on time	78.2%	—	79.8%	73.7%
Arrived on time	78.6%	—	80.3%	73.9%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	1.6%	1.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.0 min	—	16.3 min	19.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	49	—	46	20,371
Scheduled departures	1,457	—	16,924	611,132

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	371	25%	73.3%	11.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	323	22%	82.0%	9.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	250	17%	90.8%	-3.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	250	17%	73.6%	9.8 min	1.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	141	10%	69.5%	14.4 min	0.7%
9E Endeavor Air	109	7%	82.6%	-3.2 min	5.5%
AA American Airlines	9	1%	55.6%	114.6 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	4	0%	100.0%	-10.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BHM–ATL	Birmingham to Atlanta	255	91.0%	-3.5 min	0.0%
BHM–DFW	Birmingham to Dallas/Fort Worth	209	76.6%	12.6 min	0.0%
BHM–CLT	Birmingham to Charlotte	180	82.8%	7.6 min	0.0%
BHM–DEN	Birmingham to Denver	90	78.9%	1.2 min	0.0%
BHM–DCA	Birmingham to Washington	80	81.3%	10.2 min	0.0%
BHM–DAL	Birmingham to Dallas	78	76.9%	7.5 min	0.0%
BHM–LGA	Birmingham to New York	75	76.0%	-2.5 min	8.0%
BHM–MCO	Birmingham to Orlando	69	60.9%	19.3 min	0.0%
BHM–MIA	Birmingham to Miami	60	65.0%	19.4 min	6.7%
BHM–ORD	Birmingham to Chicago	56	66.1%	14.8 min	1.8%
BHM–MDW	Birmingham to Chicago	55	78.2%	13.5 min	0.0%
BHM–PHL	Birmingham to Philadelphia	53	81.1%	9.2 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), June 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jun 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	29.1%	34.4%	6,273
Late-arriving aircraft	48.2%	41.5%	10,407
National Aviation System	17.4%	17.8%	3,751
Extreme weather	5.2%	6.0%	1,127
Security	0.1%	0.2%	32

21,590 delay minutes on 298 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 June 2024?

78.2% of 1,457 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.7% and 73.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

June 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 June 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.