Fresno Yosemite International in September 2023

88.1%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 996 domestic departures from Fresno Yosemite International (FAT). 88.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.4% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so FAT departures were 7.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAT that month were on time 82.7% of the time (996 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 86.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.2%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	FAT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	88.1%	—	82.3%	80.5%
Arrived on time	86.4%	—	80.6%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	1.0%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.6 min	—	14.4 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	33	—	36	18,978
Scheduled departures	996	—	13,119	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	463	46%	90.3%	-3.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	215	22%	89.3%	-10.2 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	141	14%	78.0%	9.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	63	6%	84.1%	-3.8 min	1.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	59	6%	71.2%	9.6 min	1.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	55	6%	83.6%	4.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAT–LAS	Fresno to Las Vegas	170	76.5%	9.7 min	0.6%
FAT–DFW	Fresno to Dallas/Fort Worth	131	87.0%	-9.6 min	0.8%
FAT–DEN	Fresno to Denver	120	80.0%	2.2 min	0.8%
FAT–SFO	Fresno to San Francisco	119	85.7%	0.4 min	0.0%
FAT–PHX	Fresno to Phoenix	114	93.0%	-9.2 min	0.0%
FAT–SEA	Fresno to Seattle	90	86.7%	-1.4 min	0.0%
FAT–SLC	Fresno to Salt Lake City	88	97.7%	-13.9 min	0.0%
FAT–SAN	Fresno to San Diego	86	91.9%	-1.0 min	0.0%
FAT–LAX	Fresno to Los Angeles	46	91.3%	-6.1 min	0.0%
FAT–PDX	Fresno to Portland	30	90.0%	4.4 min	0.0%
FAT–ORD	Fresno to Chicago	2	50.0%	6.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	46.5%	36.4%	3,298
Late-arriving aircraft	34.6%	38.3%	2,456
National Aviation System	17.2%	19.9%	1,222
Extreme weather	1.6%	5.1%	116
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,092 delay minutes on 131 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 September 2023?

88.1% of 996 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.