Fresno Yosemite International in November 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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 995 domestic departures from Fresno Yosemite International (FAT). 88.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.0% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so FAT departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAT that month were on time 86.4% of the time (994 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 88.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.5%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	FAT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	88.1%	—	82.3%	86.0%
Arrived on time	88.0%	—	80.6%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	1.0%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.8 min	—	14.4 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	33	—	36	18,793
Scheduled departures	995	—	13,119	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	494	50%	88.5%	-1.8 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	211	21%	88.2%	6.0 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	144	14%	88.9%	1.8 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	59	6%	93.2%	-7.3 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	58	6%	77.6%	5.5 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	29	3%	86.2%	-2.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAT–LAS	Fresno to Las Vegas	171	86.5%	2.1 min	0.6%
FAT–PHX	Fresno to Phoenix	138	84.1%	14.0 min	0.0%
FAT–DFW	Fresno to Dallas/Fort Worth	125	89.6%	-3.1 min	0.0%
FAT–DEN	Fresno to Denver	120	90.0%	-1.0 min	0.0%
FAT–SFO	Fresno to San Francisco	102	85.3%	1.1 min	0.0%
FAT–SLC	Fresno to Salt Lake City	88	95.5%	-10.0 min	0.0%
FAT–SAN	Fresno to San Diego	83	90.4%	-1.7 min	1.2%
FAT–SEA	Fresno to Seattle	67	86.6%	-2.7 min	1.5%
FAT–LAX	Fresno to Los Angeles	60	100.0%	-12.9 min	0.0%
FAT–PDX	Fresno to Portland	41	68.3%	13.3 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	51.2%	42.5%	4,560
Late-arriving aircraft	28.5%	37.3%	2,537
National Aviation System	15.6%	16.2%	1,389
Extreme weather	3.9%	3.7%	347
Security	0.9%	0.3%	81

8,914 delay minutes on 114 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 November 2023?

88.1% of 995 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.