Fresno Yosemite International in May 2024

77.2%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,005 domestic departures from Fresno Yosemite International (FAT). 77.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.7% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so FAT departures were 3.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAT that month were on time 71.0% of the time (1,006 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 77.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.3%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	FAT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	77.2%	—	82.3%	73.4%
Arrived on time	77.7%	—	80.6%	72.3%
Cancelled	1.3%	—	1.0%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.5 min	—	14.4 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	34	—	36	20,325
Scheduled departures	1,005	—	13,119	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	549	55%	85.1%	6.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	201	20%	58.2%	51.5 min	6.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	125	12%	75.2%	9.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	54	5%	79.6%	2.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	39	4%	74.4%	28.6 min	2.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	37	4%	83.8%	-1.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAT–LAS	Fresno to Las Vegas	148	77.7%	5.2 min	0.0%
FAT–DFW	Fresno to Dallas/Fort Worth	139	59.0%	61.5 min	8.6%
FAT–PHX	Fresno to Phoenix	129	70.5%	15.3 min	0.0%
FAT–DEN	Fresno to Denver	124	83.1%	6.4 min	0.0%
FAT–SLC	Fresno to Salt Lake City	88	90.9%	15.0 min	0.0%
FAT–SEA	Fresno to Seattle	86	88.4%	-1.1 min	0.0%
FAT–SFO	Fresno to San Francisco	83	68.7%	16.0 min	0.0%
FAT–SAN	Fresno to San Diego	66	86.4%	1.8 min	0.0%
FAT–LAX	Fresno to Los Angeles	62	85.5%	5.5 min	0.0%
FAT–PDX	Fresno to Portland	49	91.8%	0.5 min	0.0%
FAT–ORD	Fresno to Chicago	31	71.0%	38.0 min	3.2%

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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	48.1%	29.8%	9,973
Late-arriving aircraft	35.5%	43.0%	7,364
National Aviation System	12.5%	20.1%	2,600
Extreme weather	3.7%	7.0%	771
Security	0.1%	0.1%	16

20,724 delay minutes on 204 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 May 2024?

77.2% of 1,005 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.