McClellan-Palomar in April 2026

84.4%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 180 domestic departures from McClellan-Palomar (CLD). 84.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so CLD departures were 5.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 60 departures with 96.7% leaving on time: a change of −12.3 points, with flights up 200%.

Flights arriving at CLD that month were on time 88.3% of the time (180 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 56%, air carrier 25% and late-arriving aircraft 20%.

On time 81.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.8%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.6%

Every scheduled departure from CLD in April 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

April 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	CLD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	84.4%	96.7%	80.5%	79.1%
Arrived on time	81.1%	95.0%	75.8%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.0%	0.9%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.1 min	1.7 min	14.0 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	2	4	19,931
Scheduled departures	180	60	1,364	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	120	67%	74.2%	3.9 min	0.8%
MQ Envoy Air	60	33%	95.0%	-5.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLD–DEN	Carlsbad to Denver	60	90.0%	-13.4 min	0.0%
CLD–PHX	Carlsbad to Phoenix	60	95.0%	-5.1 min	0.0%
CLD–SFO	Carlsbad to San Francisco	60	58.3%	21.7 min	1.7%

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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	24.6%	33.5%	564
Late-arriving aircraft	19.6%	40.4%	450
National Aviation System	55.7%	21.0%	1,277
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.0%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,291 delay minutes on 32 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left CLD on time in April 2026?

84.4% of 180 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 96.7% of 60 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 84.4% and 0.6% in April 2026.

Provenance

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