Daytona Beach International in December 2023

86.1%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 208 domestic departures from Daytona Beach International (DAB). 86.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.5% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so DAB departures were 3.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DAB that month were on time 88.0% of the time (208 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 67%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 3%.

On time 88.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.5%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from DAB in December 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	DAB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	86.1%	—	79.7%	83.1%
Arrived on time	88.5%	—	81.8%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.6%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.7 min	—	16.2 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	9	19,013
Scheduled departures	208	—	3,346	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	115	55%	92.2%	-6.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	61	29%	83.6%	8.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	32	15%	84.4%	-3.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAB–ATL	Daytona Beach to Atlanta	115	92.2%	-6.4 min	0.0%
DAB–CLT	Daytona Beach to Charlotte	93	83.9%	4.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	30.4%	37.1%	492
Late-arriving aircraft	66.7%	38.8%	1,081
National Aviation System	2.9%	17.6%	47
Extreme weather	0.0%	6.2%	0
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

1,620 delay minutes on 24 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 DAB on time in December 2023?

86.1% of 208 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 2022 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 December 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for DAB · methodology · corrections.