Duluth International in October 2024

93.5%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 230 domestic departures from Duluth International (DLH). 93.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 93.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so DLH departures were 8.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 171 departures with 88.9% leaving on time: a change of +4.6 points, with flights up 35%.

Flights arriving at DLH that month were on time 92.2% of the time (230 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 80%, late-arriving aircraft 9% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 93.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 6.5%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	DLH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	93.5%	88.9%	76.9%	85.5%
Arrived on time	93.0%	91.2%	72.7%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.6%	3.6%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	4.2 min	6.9 min	24.5 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	6	7	20,517
Scheduled departures	230	171	2,429	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	168	73%	91.7%	-11.3 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	62	27%	96.8%	-11.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DLH–MSP	Duluth to Minneapolis	115	94.8%	-16.6 min	0.0%
DLH–ORD	Duluth to Chicago	115	91.3%	-6.1 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	79.9%	42.7%	593
Late-arriving aircraft	9.4%	37.4%	70
National Aviation System	7.8%	16.3%	58
Extreme weather	2.8%	3.4%	21
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

742 delay minutes on 15 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 October 2024?

93.5% of 230 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 93.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 88.9% of 171 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 93.5% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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