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Airport month · July 2024

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall in July 2024

55.0%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 9,069 domestic departures from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI). 55.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 58.2% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so BWI departures were 13.5 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BWI that month were on time 67.4% of the time (9,067 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 17%.

Every scheduled departure from BWI in July 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

MeasureJul 2024Year earlierBWI, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time55.0%—71.7%68.5%
Arrived on time58.2%—76.4%68.1%
Cancelled1.6%—1.8%2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)29.2 min—16.5 min24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day302—25921,154
Scheduled departures9,069—94,429634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines6,65273%56.1%22.6 min0.5%
NK Spirit Airlines7358%59.9%26.3 min4.4%
DL Delta Air Lines4785%67.2%28.6 min6.7%
UA United Airlines3374%75.4%16.3 min2.4%
AA American Airlines3354%60.6%32.3 min4.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines2723%51.1%46.0 min6.3%
YX Republic Airline711%77.5%4.6 min2.8%
9E Endeavor Air621%64.5%34.3 min9.7%
AS Alaska Airlines621%66.1%12.9 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air571%87.7%-8.5 min1.8%
G4 Allegiant Air80%25.0%312.8 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BWI–ATLBaltimore to Atlanta50059.2%33.0 min5.2%
BWI–MCOBaltimore to Orlando45361.8%24.9 min2.4%
BWI–FLLBaltimore to Fort Lauderdale35259.9%24.1 min1.7%
BWI–BOSBaltimore to Boston33861.2%17.8 min0.9%
BWI–DENBaltimore to Denver32168.5%12.7 min1.9%
BWI–CLTBaltimore to Charlotte31753.3%35.5 min3.5%
BWI–TPABaltimore to Tampa29152.6%29.4 min2.1%
BWI–ORDBaltimore to Chicago22774.0%13.0 min1.3%
BWI–LAXBaltimore to Los Angeles21155.9%22.5 min2.8%
BWI–MDWBaltimore to Chicago19561.5%21.4 min0.5%
BWI–DTWBaltimore to Detroit19065.8%20.6 min4.7%
BWI–BNABaltimore to Nashville18861.2%22.0 min0.5%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jul 2024Minutes
Air carrier37.7%36.6%90,299
Late-arriving aircraft41.4%42.7%99,298
National Aviation System17.3%16.0%41,544
Extreme weather3.5%4.6%8,342
Security0.1%0.1%276
239,759 delay minutes on 3,613 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 BWI on time in July 2024?

55.0% of 9,069 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 58.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 2023 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

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