Fresno Yosemite International in August 2023

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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,069 domestic departures from Fresno Yosemite International (FAT). 84.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.6% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so FAT departures were 7.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAT that month were on time 78.3% of the time (1,069 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 83.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.7%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from FAT in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	FAT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	84.4%	—	82.3%	76.7%
Arrived on time	83.6%	—	80.6%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	1.0%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.1 min	—	14.4 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	36	—	36	20,100
Scheduled departures	1,069	—	13,119	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	498	47%	88.2%	-1.0 min	0.2%
AA American Airlines	244	23%	85.2%	8.3 min	0.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	143	13%	79.0%	3.8 min	1.4%
UA United Airlines	97	9%	77.3%	4.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	56	5%	66.1%	19.4 min	1.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	3%	71.0%	6.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAT–LAS	Fresno to Las Vegas	168	73.8%	10.3 min	0.6%
FAT–DFW	Fresno to Dallas/Fort Worth	154	82.5%	15.0 min	1.3%
FAT–DEN	Fresno to Denver	124	79.8%	4.6 min	1.6%
FAT–PHX	Fresno to Phoenix	121	88.4%	1.1 min	0.0%
FAT–SFO	Fresno to San Francisco	120	81.7%	4.0 min	0.0%
FAT–SEA	Fresno to Seattle	93	87.1%	-8.1 min	0.0%
FAT–SLC	Fresno to Salt Lake City	93	97.8%	-11.9 min	0.0%
FAT–SAN	Fresno to San Diego	91	80.2%	10.9 min	0.0%
FAT–PDX	Fresno to Portland	43	95.3%	-8.0 min	0.0%
FAT–LAX	Fresno to Los Angeles	31	93.5%	-5.5 min	3.2%
FAT–ORD	Fresno to Chicago	31	77.4%	-1.9 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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	45.2%	36.7%	5,883
Late-arriving aircraft	40.3%	42.2%	5,251
National Aviation System	10.9%	15.7%	1,425
Extreme weather	3.4%	5.1%	443
Security	0.2%	0.2%	27

13,029 delay minutes on 168 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 FAT on time in August 2023?

84.4% of 1,069 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

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