Fresno Yosemite International in October 2023

85.5%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,017 domestic departures from Fresno Yosemite International (FAT). 85.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.5% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so FAT departures were 1.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAT that month were on time 81.6% of the time (1,017 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 84.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.0%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	FAT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	85.5%	—	82.3%	83.8%
Arrived on time	84.5%	—	80.6%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	1.0%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.6 min	—	14.4 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	34	—	36	19,966
Scheduled departures	1,017	—	13,119	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	490	48%	88.4%	-0.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	221	22%	83.3%	2.0 min	1.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	150	15%	78.7%	7.3 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	63	6%	63.5%	23.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	62	6%	88.7%	-3.7 min	1.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	3%	93.5%	1.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAT–LAS	Fresno to Las Vegas	182	72.5%	14.2 min	0.0%
FAT–DFW	Fresno to Dallas/Fort Worth	143	85.3%	-2.6 min	2.1%
FAT–DEN	Fresno to Denver	124	86.3%	10.3 min	0.8%
FAT–SFO	Fresno to San Francisco	123	83.7%	1.0 min	0.0%
FAT–PHX	Fresno to Phoenix	109	80.7%	6.5 min	0.0%
FAT–SLC	Fresno to Salt Lake City	93	97.8%	-12.7 min	0.0%
FAT–SAN	Fresno to San Diego	89	83.1%	3.6 min	0.0%
FAT–SEA	Fresno to Seattle	62	93.5%	-3.1 min	0.0%
FAT–LAX	Fresno to Los Angeles	61	91.8%	-7.2 min	0.0%
FAT–PDX	Fresno to Portland	31	90.3%	-1.1 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	45.8%	41.3%	4,685
Late-arriving aircraft	38.2%	40.5%	3,911
National Aviation System	13.5%	14.4%	1,378
Extreme weather	2.4%	3.7%	241
Security	0.2%	0.2%	23

10,238 delay minutes on 153 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 October 2023?

85.5% of 1,017 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.