On-Time Report

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Airport month · October 2024

Patrick Leahy Burlington International in October 2024

88.4%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 904 domestic departures from Patrick Leahy Burlington International (BTV). 88.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.4% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so BTV departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 712 departures with 89.2% leaving on time: a change of −0.8 points, with flights up 27%.

Flights arriving at BTV that month were on time 86.5% of the time (901 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 16%.

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

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

MeasureOct 2024Oct 2023BTV, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time88.4%89.2%76.9%85.5%
Arrived on time86.4%87.2%71.8%85.8%
Cancelled0.1%0.0%2.9%1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)11.3 min14.9 min24.0 min9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day30241720,517
Scheduled departures9047126,084615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline23626%92.4%-10.1 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines13915%80.6%-2.3 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air13515%89.6%-5.7 min0.0%
AA American Airlines12614%84.1%14.4 min0.0%
UA United Airlines9210%87.0%4.9 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines849%83.3%4.5 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air617%73.8%-1.7 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines313%93.5%-7.6 min3.2%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BTV–EWRBurlington to Newark14189.4%-11.4 min0.0%
BTV–ORDBurlington to Chicago12181.0%2.9 min0.0%
BTV–DCABurlington to Washington12084.2%6.7 min0.0%
BTV–CLTBurlington to Charlotte9384.9%1.0 min0.0%
BTV–PHLBurlington to Philadelphia9081.1%2.5 min0.0%
BTV–LGABurlington to New York8787.4%0.0 min0.0%
BTV–JFKBurlington to New York6290.3%-5.7 min0.0%
BTV–IADBurlington to Washington5996.6%-5.2 min0.0%
BTV–DTWBurlington to Detroit5784.2%-0.4 min0.0%
BTV–ATLBurlington to Atlanta3193.5%-7.6 min3.2%
BTV–DENBurlington to Denver2696.2%-6.8 min0.0%
BTV–MSPBurlington to Minneapolis1586.7%-2.7 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Oct 2024Minutes
Air carrier54.7%42.7%5,244
Late-arriving aircraft28.0%37.4%2,689
National Aviation System15.5%16.3%1,487
Extreme weather1.4%3.4%136
Security0.4%0.2%36
9,592 delay minutes on 121 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 October 2024?

88.4% of 904 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 89.2% of 712 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 88.4% and 0.1% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.