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Airport month · September 2024
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International in September 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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,429 domestic departures from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM). 84.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.6% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so BHM departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 1,421 departures with 83.7% leaving on time: a change of +0.8 points, with flights up 1%.
Flights arriving at BHM that month were on time 82.0% of the time (1,431 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 82.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.5%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2024 | Sep 2023 | BHM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.5% | 83.7% | 79.8% | 84.4% |
| Arrived on time | 82.6% | 83.4% | 80.3% | 83.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 0.8% | 1.6% | 0.6% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.1 min | 13.3 min | 16.3 min | 10.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 48 | 47 | 46 | 19,421 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,429 | 1,421 | 16,924 | 582,622 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 326 | 23% | 75.5% | 8.3 min | 1.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 309 | 22% | 86.7% | 2.1 min | 0.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 246 | 17% | 82.9% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 208 | 15% | 83.2% | 2.2 min | 0.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 193 | 14% | 83.9% | 0.9 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 81 | 6% | 87.7% | -10.3 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 34 | 2% | 94.1% | -15.5 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 30 | 2% | 76.7% | 7.3 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 2 | 0% | 100.0% | -9.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHM–ATL | Birmingham to Atlanta | 246 | 82.9% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–DFW | Birmingham to Dallas/Fort Worth | 213 | 77.5% | 5.2 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–CLT | Birmingham to Charlotte | 200 | 76.0% | 8.8 min | 2.5% |
| BHM–DEN | Birmingham to Denver | 90 | 93.3% | -3.8 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–ORD | Birmingham to Chicago | 89 | 88.8% | -8.7 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–DCA | Birmingham to Washington | 85 | 76.5% | 11.4 min | 1.2% |
| BHM–LGA | Birmingham to New York | 80 | 87.5% | -10.2 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–DAL | Birmingham to Dallas | 73 | 83.6% | 5.6 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–PHL | Birmingham to Philadelphia | 56 | 78.6% | 5.8 min | 1.8% |
| BHM–DTW | Birmingham to Detroit | 51 | 86.3% | 1.8 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–MDW | Birmingham to Chicago | 47 | 87.2% | 0.3 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–HOU | Birmingham to Houston | 39 | 92.3% | 1.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BHM on time in September 2024?
84.5% of 1,429 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2023, 83.7% of 1,421 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 84.5% and 0.6% in September 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.