Duluth International in May 2024

80.1%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 176 domestic departures from Duluth International (DLH). 80.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.3% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so DLH departures were 6.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DLH that month were on time 75.0% of the time (176 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 40%, national aviation system 22% and air carrier 20%.

On time 81.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.0%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from DLH in May 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	DLH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	80.1%	—	76.9%	73.4%
Arrived on time	81.3%	—	72.7%	72.3%
Cancelled	1.7%	—	3.6%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.2 min	—	24.5 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	—	7	20,325
Scheduled departures	176	—	2,429	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	122	69%	77.0%	14.1 min	1.6%
YX Republic Airline	41	23%	90.2%	1.7 min	2.4%
9E Endeavor Air	13	7%	92.3%	-5.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DLH–MSP	Duluth to Minneapolis	88	83.0%	-2.8 min	0.0%
DLH–ORD	Duluth to Chicago	88	79.5%	22.8 min	3.4%

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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	20.1%	29.8%	691
Late-arriving aircraft	18.0%	43.0%	621
National Aviation System	21.9%	20.1%	754
Extreme weather	40.0%	7.0%	1,380
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,446 delay minutes on 30 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 DLH on time in May 2024?

80.1% of 176 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for DLH · methodology · corrections.