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Airport month · December 2024
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International in December 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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,459 domestic departures from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM). 78.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.8% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so BHM departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 1,439 departures with 86.7% leaving on time: a change of −7.8 points, with flights up 1%.
Flights arriving at BHM that month were on time 78.8% of the time (1,456 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 56%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 79.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.4%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.3%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | BHM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 78.9% | 86.7% | 79.8% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 79.8% | 87.8% | 80.3% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.3% | 1.6% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.1 min | 10.1 min | 16.3 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 49 | 48 | 46 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,459 | 1,439 | 16,924 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 407 | 28% | 82.3% | 6.2 min | 0.2% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 306 | 21% | 76.8% | 14.9 min | 1.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 257 | 18% | 87.5% | 1.5 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 188 | 13% | 81.4% | 7.2 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 114 | 8% | 75.4% | 14.4 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 78 | 5% | 69.2% | 43.3 min | 2.6% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 77 | 5% | 80.5% | 0.7 min | 1.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 25 | 2% | 44.0% | 25.8 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 7 | 0% | 57.1% | 27.9 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHM–ATL | Birmingham to Atlanta | 258 | 87.6% | 1.5 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–CLT | Birmingham to Charlotte | 193 | 80.3% | 23.1 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–DFW | Birmingham to Dallas/Fort Worth | 176 | 76.1% | 9.9 min | 1.7% |
| BHM–DEN | Birmingham to Denver | 93 | 83.9% | 0.1 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–DAL | Birmingham to Dallas | 91 | 81.3% | 4.5 min | 1.1% |
| BHM–DCA | Birmingham to Washington | 81 | 71.6% | 24.4 min | 2.5% |
| BHM–LGA | Birmingham to New York | 75 | 80.0% | 0.9 min | 1.3% |
| BHM–MCO | Birmingham to Orlando | 62 | 80.6% | 12.0 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–MIA | Birmingham to Miami | 61 | 78.7% | 11.2 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–DTW | Birmingham to Detroit | 47 | 68.1% | 28.6 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–MDW | Birmingham to Chicago | 44 | 84.1% | 4.6 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–TPA | Birmingham to Tampa | 40 | 85.0% | 0.9 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BHM on time in December 2024?
78.9% of 1,459 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 86.7% of 1,439 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 78.9% and 0.5% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.