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Airport month · October 2025
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International in October 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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,540 domestic departures from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM). 84.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.9% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so BHM departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 1,623 departures with 89.4% leaving on time: a change of −4.6 points, with flights down 5%.
Flights arriving at BHM that month were on time 81.5% of the time (1,541 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 83.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.7%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | BHM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.8% | 89.4% | 79.8% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 83.9% | 88.2% | 80.3% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.6% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.5 min | 8.0 min | 16.3 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 51 | 54 | 46 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,540 | 1,623 | 16,924 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 432 | 28% | 78.0% | 7.1 min | 0.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 306 | 20% | 85.0% | 0.1 min | 0.7% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 293 | 19% | 84.6% | -1.3 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 285 | 19% | 92.3% | -8.7 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 159 | 10% | 78.0% | 4.1 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 59 | 4% | 94.9% | -8.9 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 3 | 0% | 66.7% | 7.0 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 3 | 0% | 66.7% | 5.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHM–ATL | Birmingham to Atlanta | 285 | 92.3% | -8.7 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–CLT | Birmingham to Charlotte | 208 | 89.4% | -5.8 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–DFW | Birmingham to Dallas/Fort Worth | 200 | 80.0% | 6.8 min | 1.0% |
| BHM–ORD | Birmingham to Chicago | 113 | 76.1% | 3.8 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–DEN | Birmingham to Denver | 93 | 87.1% | -2.1 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–DCA | Birmingham to Washington | 91 | 82.4% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–DAL | Birmingham to Dallas | 83 | 75.9% | 4.0 min | 2.4% |
| BHM–MCO | Birmingham to Orlando | 82 | 79.3% | 9.6 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–MIA | Birmingham to Miami | 77 | 88.3% | -3.1 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–PHL | Birmingham to Philadelphia | 61 | 91.8% | -9.8 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–MDW | Birmingham to Chicago | 56 | 82.1% | 5.5 min | 0.0% |
| BHM–HOU | Birmingham to Houston | 39 | 82.1% | 2.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BHM on time in October 2025?
84.8% of 1,540 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 89.4% of 1,623 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 84.8% and 0.3% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.