On-Time Report

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Airport month · September 2024

Patrick Leahy Burlington International in September 2024

90.0%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 873 domestic departures from Patrick Leahy Burlington International (BTV). 90.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.4% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so BTV departures were 5.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 698 departures with 80.4% leaving on time: a change of +9.6 points, with flights up 25%.

Flights arriving at BTV that month were on time 85.2% of the time (874 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 22%.

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

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

MeasureSep 2024Sep 2023BTV, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time90.0%80.4%76.9%84.4%
Arrived on time86.4%78.2%71.8%83.9%
Cancelled0.2%3.6%2.9%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)8.5 min14.7 min24.0 min10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day29231719,421
Scheduled departures8736986,084582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline18822%89.9%-5.6 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air14617%93.8%-8.0 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines13415%85.1%-1.2 min0.0%
AA American Airlines11613%84.5%6.8 min0.9%
UA United Airlines11613%86.2%-1.7 min0.9%
MQ Envoy Air769%68.4%12.5 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines597%83.1%3.7 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines384%92.1%-6.2 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BTV–PHLBurlington to Philadelphia12384.6%5.1 min0.8%
BTV–DCABurlington to Washington11687.1%-2.0 min0.0%
BTV–ORDBurlington to Chicago11474.6%7.2 min0.0%
BTV–CLTBurlington to Charlotte8985.4%3.0 min0.0%
BTV–LGABurlington to New York8987.6%-2.8 min0.0%
BTV–EWRBurlington to Newark8687.2%-7.8 min1.2%
BTV–IADBurlington to Washington6096.7%-10.0 min0.0%
BTV–JFKBurlington to New York6091.7%-4.1 min0.0%
BTV–DTWBurlington to Detroit5192.2%-9.2 min0.0%
BTV–ATLBurlington to Atlanta3093.3%-6.0 min0.0%
BTV–DENBurlington to Denver3090.0%-1.6 min0.0%
BTV–MSPBurlington to Minneapolis2185.7%0.8 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 carrier26.8%38.6%2,092
Late-arriving aircraft41.5%38.4%3,239
National Aviation System22.2%18.2%1,732
Extreme weather9.6%4.8%748
Security0.0%0.1%0
7,811 delay minutes on 116 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 September 2024?

90.0% of 873 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.4% 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, 80.4% of 698 departures left on time and 3.6% were cancelled, against 90.0% and 0.2% 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 BTV · methodology · corrections.