On-Time Report

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Airport month · September 2024

Central Il Regional Airport at Bloomington in September 2024

93.5%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 138 domestic departures from Central Il Regional Airport at Bloomington (BMI). 93.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.4% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so BMI departures were 9.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 145 departures with 91.7% leaving on time: a change of +1.8 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at BMI that month were on time 92.8% of the time (138 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 59%, national aviation system 34% and extreme weather 5%.

Every scheduled departure from BMI in September 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureSep 2024Sep 2023BMI, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time93.5%91.7%82.8%84.4%
Arrived on time88.4%90.3%81.0%83.9%
Cancelled0.7%0.0%2.1%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)5.8 min6.2 min15.6 min10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day55519,421
Scheduled departures1381451,953582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
9E Endeavor Air6043%90.0%-9.9 min1.7%
MQ Envoy Air6043%85.0%-7.8 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air1813%94.4%13.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BMI–ATLBloomington/Normal to Atlanta6090.0%-9.9 min1.7%
BMI–DFWBloomington/Normal to Dallas/Fort Worth6085.0%-7.8 min0.0%
BMI–PIEBloomington/Normal to St. Petersburg988.9%38.3 min0.0%
BMI–SFBBloomington/Normal to Sanford9100.0%-11.7 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2024Minutes
Air carrier1.8%38.6%16
Late-arriving aircraft58.7%38.4%515
National Aviation System34.3%18.2%301
Extreme weather5.2%4.8%46
Security0.0%0.1%0
878 delay minutes on 15 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 BMI on time in September 2024?

93.5% of 138 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 91.7% of 145 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 93.5% and 0.7% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for BMI · methodology · corrections.