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Airport month · January 2025
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International in January 2025
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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,195 domestic departures from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM). 78.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.7% reached their destination on time; 5.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so BHM departures were 0.8 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 1,306 departures with 77.4% leaving on time: a change of +1.1 points, with flights down 8%.
Flights arriving at BHM that month were on time 75.1% of the time (1,195 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 77.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.8%
- Cancelled 5.4%
- Diverted 0.0%
January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | BHM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 78.5% | 77.4% | 79.8% | 79.3% |
| Arrived on time | 77.7% | 76.0% | 80.3% | 78.6% |
| Cancelled | 5.4% | 3.5% | 1.6% | 3.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.4 min | 18.8 min | 16.3 min | 14.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 40 | 44 | 46 | 17,992 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,195 | 1,306 | 16,924 | 539,747 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 360 | 30% | 83.6% | -1.3 min | 3.9% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 248 | 21% | 71.4% | 10.0 min | 8.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 222 | 19% | 83.3% | 0.7 min | 4.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 149 | 12% | 77.9% | 3.6 min | 6.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 103 | 9% | 68.9% | 26.7 min | 3.9% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 88 | 7% | 77.3% | 14.4 min | 4.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 25 | 2% | 44.0% | 18.4 min | 4.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHM–ATL | Birmingham to Atlanta | 222 | 83.3% | 0.7 min | 4.5% |
| BHM–DFW | Birmingham to Dallas/Fort Worth | 178 | 69.1% | 12.8 min | 7.9% |
| BHM–CLT | Birmingham to Charlotte | 165 | 78.8% | 7.4 min | 4.8% |
| BHM–DEN | Birmingham to Denver | 93 | 78.5% | 2.6 min | 4.3% |
| BHM–DAL | Birmingham to Dallas | 69 | 79.7% | 1.3 min | 4.3% |
| BHM–MCO | Birmingham to Orlando | 62 | 88.7% | -7.9 min | 3.2% |
| BHM–MIA | Birmingham to Miami | 62 | 77.4% | 2.3 min | 3.2% |
| BHM–DCA | Birmingham to Washington | 61 | 65.6% | 39.3 min | 14.8% |
| BHM–HOU | Birmingham to Houston | 35 | 77.1% | -0.2 min | 8.6% |
| BHM–TPA | Birmingham to Tampa | 33 | 81.8% | 10.3 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–BNA | Birmingham to Nashville | 31 | 83.9% | 2.3 min | 6.5% |
| BHM–LAS | Birmingham to Las Vegas | 31 | 80.6% | -2.8 min | 3.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BHM on time in January 2025?
78.5% of 1,195 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2024, 77.4% of 1,306 departures left on time and 3.5% were cancelled, against 78.5% and 5.4% in January 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.