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Airport month · August 2025
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International in August 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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,476 domestic departures from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.2% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so BHM departures were 4.0 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 1,430 departures with 80.9% leaving on time: a change of −0.1 points, with flights up 3%.
Flights arriving at BHM that month were on time 77.2% of the time (1,476 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 80.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.7%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | BHM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.8% | 80.9% | 79.8% | 76.8% |
| Arrived on time | 80.2% | 79.6% | 80.3% | 76.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.8 min | 19.5 min | 16.3 min | 17.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 49 | 48 | 46 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,476 | 1,430 | 16,924 | 602,378 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 382 | 26% | 81.2% | 1.8 min | 0.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 317 | 21% | 80.4% | 6.2 min | 0.9% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 308 | 21% | 75.6% | 25.1 min | 1.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 254 | 17% | 86.6% | 1.0 min | 1.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 113 | 8% | 70.8% | 14.9 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 50 | 3% | 100.0% | -14.3 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 46 | 3% | 67.4% | 11.0 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 6 | 0% | 83.3% | -5.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHM–ATL | Birmingham to Atlanta | 254 | 86.6% | 1.0 min | 1.2% |
| BHM–DFW | Birmingham to Dallas/Fort Worth | 196 | 68.9% | 23.5 min | 1.5% |
| BHM–CLT | Birmingham to Charlotte | 171 | 83.0% | 12.8 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–ORD | Birmingham to Chicago | 107 | 84.1% | 2.0 min | 1.9% |
| BHM–DEN | Birmingham to Denver | 93 | 74.2% | 9.9 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–MIA | Birmingham to Miami | 91 | 85.7% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–DCA | Birmingham to Washington | 86 | 84.9% | 15.5 min | 3.5% |
| BHM–DAL | Birmingham to Dallas | 76 | 78.9% | 0.7 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–PHL | Birmingham to Philadelphia | 59 | 79.7% | 15.1 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–MDW | Birmingham to Chicago | 48 | 77.1% | 2.3 min | 4.2% |
| BHM–MCO | Birmingham to Orlando | 45 | 75.6% | 3.9 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–HOU | Birmingham to Houston | 40 | 87.5% | -3.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BHM on time in August 2025?
80.8% of 1,476 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024, 80.9% of 1,430 departures left on time and 1.7% were cancelled, against 80.8% and 0.9% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.