Fresno Yosemite International in March 2024

81.7%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 955 domestic departures from Fresno Yosemite International (FAT). 81.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.8% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so FAT departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAT that month were on time 80.4% of the time (955 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 80.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.1%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from FAT in March 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	FAT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	81.7%	—	82.3%	78.5%
Arrived on time	80.8%	—	80.6%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	1.0%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.7 min	—	14.4 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	32	—	36	19,726
Scheduled departures	955	—	13,119	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	538	56%	87.4%	-2.4 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	207	22%	73.4%	16.8 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	127	13%	70.9%	17.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	50	5%	66.0%	14.2 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	29	3%	79.3%	-3.8 min	3.4%
MQ Envoy Air	4	0%	100.0%	-5.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAT–PHX	Fresno to Phoenix	157	83.4%	13.9 min	0.0%
FAT–LAS	Fresno to Las Vegas	149	67.8%	19.0 min	0.0%
FAT–DEN	Fresno to Denver	121	89.3%	-5.5 min	2.5%
FAT–DFW	Fresno to Dallas/Fort Worth	116	69.8%	9.3 min	0.9%
FAT–SFO	Fresno to San Francisco	93	80.6%	-3.0 min	2.2%
FAT–SLC	Fresno to Salt Lake City	88	94.3%	-2.4 min	0.0%
FAT–SAN	Fresno to San Diego	76	80.3%	2.3 min	0.0%
FAT–LAX	Fresno to Los Angeles	62	88.7%	-2.6 min	1.6%
FAT–SEA	Fresno to Seattle	62	79.0%	-2.3 min	1.6%
FAT–PDX	Fresno to Portland	31	90.3%	6.4 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	39.8%	32.1%	4,905
Late-arriving aircraft	32.0%	42.1%	3,948
National Aviation System	21.6%	21.4%	2,668
Extreme weather	1.2%	4.2%	144
Security	5.4%	0.2%	668

12,333 delay minutes on 173 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 March 2024?

81.7% of 955 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 2023 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 March 2024; 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.