Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International in August 2024

80.9%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,430 domestic departures from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM). 80.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.6% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so BHM departures were 5.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 1,416 departures with 79.7% leaving on time: a change of +1.2 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at BHM that month were on time 74.8% of the time (1,427 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 79.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.3%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	BHM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	80.9%	79.7%	79.8%	75.4%
Arrived on time	79.6%	79.0%	80.3%	74.7%
Cancelled	1.7%	2.0%	1.6%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.5 min	15.8 min	16.3 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	48	47	46	20,634
Scheduled departures	1,430	1,416	16,924	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	327	23%	74.6%	26.1 min	2.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	327	23%	82.0%	7.9 min	1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	245	17%	88.6%	3.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	237	17%	77.6%	4.4 min	1.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	187	13%	78.1%	16.4 min	0.5%
9E Endeavor Air	84	6%	73.8%	1.2 min	9.5%
YX Republic Airline	23	2%	73.9%	3.6 min	4.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BHM–ATL	Birmingham to Atlanta	250	88.0%	3.7 min	0.4%
BHM–DFW	Birmingham to Dallas/Fort Worth	209	80.9%	8.4 min	0.0%
BHM–CLT	Birmingham to Charlotte	177	73.4%	15.8 min	2.3%
BHM–DEN	Birmingham to Denver	93	87.1%	1.7 min	0.0%
BHM–DCA	Birmingham to Washington	84	66.7%	40.1 min	3.6%
BHM–LGA	Birmingham to New York	79	74.7%	0.0 min	8.9%
BHM–DAL	Birmingham to Dallas	76	88.2%	3.8 min	0.0%
BHM–MIA	Birmingham to Miami	61	75.4%	9.6 min	3.3%
BHM–PHL	Birmingham to Philadelphia	61	80.3%	23.1 min	3.3%
BHM–DTW	Birmingham to Detroit	54	66.7%	46.4 min	0.0%
BHM–MDW	Birmingham to Chicago	49	81.6%	11.1 min	0.0%
BHM–IAH	Birmingham to Houston	47	80.9%	2.1 min	2.1%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.4%	33.8%	9,230
Late-arriving aircraft	45.7%	39.8%	11,914
National Aviation System	11.6%	20.4%	3,034
Extreme weather	7.1%	5.9%	1,862
Security	0.1%	0.1%	19

26,059 delay minutes on 262 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 August 2024?

80.9% of 1,430 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 79.7% of 1,416 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 80.9% and 1.7% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.