Daytona Beach International in December 2024

83.3%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 246 domestic departures from Daytona Beach International (DAB). 83.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so DAB departures were 5.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 208 departures with 86.1% leaving on time: a change of −2.8 points, with flights up 18%.

Flights arriving at DAB that month were on time 79.8% of the time (247 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 47% and national aviation system 5%.

On time 84.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.9%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from DAB in December 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	DAB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	83.3%	86.1%	79.7%	77.8%
Arrived on time	84.1%	88.5%	81.8%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	2.6%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.2 min	9.7 min	16.2 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	7	9	19,686
Scheduled departures	246	208	3,346	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	125	51%	84.0%	4.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	121	49%	84.3%	-0.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DAB–ATL	Daytona Beach to Atlanta	125	84.0%	4.1 min	0.0%
DAB–CLT	Daytona Beach to Charlotte	121	84.3%	-0.4 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	47.7%	34.3%	1,460
Late-arriving aircraft	46.9%	40.2%	1,434
National Aviation System	5.4%	17.8%	165
Extreme weather	0.0%	7.5%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,059 delay minutes on 39 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 2024?

83.3% of 246 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 86.1% of 208 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 83.3% and 0.0% in December 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2024; 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.