On-Time Report

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Airport month · August 2024

Patrick Leahy Burlington International in August 2024

77.8%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 861 domestic departures from Patrick Leahy Burlington International (BTV). 77.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.9% reached their destination on time; 4.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so BTV departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 729 departures with 81.8% leaving on time: a change of −4.0 points, with flights up 18%.

Flights arriving at BTV that month were on time 69.6% of the time (862 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 21%.

Every scheduled departure from BTV in August 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

MeasureAug 2024Aug 2023BTV, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time77.8%81.8%76.9%75.4%
Arrived on time72.9%78.7%71.8%74.7%
Cancelled4.8%1.2%2.9%2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)17.3 min14.2 min24.0 min18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day29241720,634
Scheduled departures8617296,084619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
9E Endeavor Air17620%71.0%16.6 min8.0%
YX Republic Airline16920%79.3%-4.5 min7.7%
OH PSA Airlines15818%70.3%15.9 min3.2%
UA United Airlines12414%66.9%14.9 min2.4%
AA American Airlines11413%70.2%24.0 min4.4%
DL Delta Air Lines627%96.8%-7.7 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air587%60.3%20.6 min1.7%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BTV–DCABurlington to Washington11967.2%8.8 min4.2%
BTV–ORDBurlington to Chicago11658.6%20.3 min0.9%
BTV–PHLBurlington to Philadelphia11167.6%14.3 min6.3%
BTV–EWRBurlington to Newark9181.3%-9.4 min11.0%
BTV–CLTBurlington to Charlotte8977.5%18.1 min1.1%
BTV–LGABurlington to New York8369.9%5.7 min10.8%
BTV–JFKBurlington to New York6272.6%12.6 min6.5%
BTV–IADBurlington to Washington6191.8%-9.3 min4.9%
BTV–ATLBurlington to Atlanta31100.0%-10.9 min0.0%
BTV–DENBurlington to Denver3158.1%35.8 min0.0%
BTV–DTWBurlington to Detroit3171.0%51.4 min3.2%
BTV–MSPBurlington to Minneapolis3193.5%-4.5 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2024Minutes
Air carrier28.8%33.8%4,471
Late-arriving aircraft40.6%39.8%6,304
National Aviation System21.1%20.4%3,274
Extreme weather9.2%5.9%1,429
Security0.3%0.1%50
15,528 delay minutes on 190 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 BTV on time in August 2024?

77.8% of 861 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 81.8% of 729 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 77.8% and 4.8% in August 2024.

Provenance

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