On-Time Report

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Airport month · March 2025

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International in March 2025

81.0%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,322 domestic departures from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM). 81.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.5% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so BHM departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 1,372 departures with 83.9% leaving on time: a change of −2.9 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at BHM that month were on time 75.9% of the time (1,322 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 13%.

Every scheduled departure from BHM in March 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureMar 2025Mar 2024BHM, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time81.0%83.9%79.8%79.9%
Arrived on time81.5%83.5%80.3%79.3%
Cancelled2.3%0.7%1.6%1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)17.2 min10.8 min16.3 min14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day44464620,029
Scheduled departures1,3221,37216,924600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines40831%82.8%4.2 min0.2%
OH PSA Airlines33025%76.4%15.0 min5.8%
DL Delta Air Lines25519%89.0%1.2 min0.8%
MQ Envoy Air1219%82.6%0.7 min3.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines947%86.2%-1.8 min1.1%
AA American Airlines897%67.4%33.9 min4.5%
NK Spirit Airlines252%76.0%8.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BHM–ATLBirmingham to Atlanta25589.0%1.2 min0.8%
BHM–CLTBirmingham to Charlotte18080.0%6.7 min6.7%
BHM–DFWBirmingham to Dallas/Fort Worth17874.7%12.3 min4.5%
BHM–DENBirmingham to Denver9388.2%-0.9 min1.1%
BHM–DCABirmingham to Washington8865.9%36.3 min4.5%
BHM–DALBirmingham to Dallas8587.1%4.7 min0.0%
BHM–MCOBirmingham to Orlando6674.2%7.5 min0.0%
BHM–MIABirmingham to Miami6379.4%19.3 min4.8%
BHM–HOUBirmingham to Houston4092.5%-11.1 min0.0%
BHM–TPABirmingham to Tampa3979.5%8.3 min2.6%
BHM–BNABirmingham to Nashville3183.9%1.1 min0.0%
BHM–LASBirmingham to Las Vegas3174.2%8.2 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Mar 2025Minutes
Air carrier42.8%33.0%8,779
Late-arriving aircraft37.4%39.2%7,682
National Aviation System13.2%21.9%2,708
Extreme weather6.6%5.9%1,361
Security0.0%0.1%0
20,530 delay minutes on 209 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left BHM on time in March 2025?

81.0% of 1,322 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 83.9% of 1,372 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 81.0% and 2.3% in March 2025.

Provenance

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