Fresno Yosemite International in December 2024

71.9%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,043 domestic departures from Fresno Yosemite International (FAT). 71.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.6% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so FAT departures were 5.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 908 departures with 87.2% leaving on time: a change of −15.3 points, with flights up 15%.

Flights arriving at FAT that month were on time 73.4% of the time (1,043 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 37%, air carrier 30% and late-arriving aircraft 22%.

On time 72.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.3%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	FAT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	71.9%	87.2%	82.3%	77.8%
Arrived on time	72.6%	87.3%	80.6%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.2%	1.0%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.5 min	10.2 min	14.4 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	35	30	36	19,686
Scheduled departures	1,043	908	13,119	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	579	56%	71.0%	20.7 min	0.9%
AA American Airlines	151	14%	71.5%	14.1 min	1.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	130	12%	84.6%	3.0 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	58	6%	65.5%	22.6 min	1.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	53	5%	79.2%	26.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	41	4%	75.6%	22.0 min	2.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	3%	54.8%	13.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAT–LAS	Fresno to Las Vegas	150	81.3%	13.1 min	0.0%
FAT–PHX	Fresno to Phoenix	139	75.5%	20.0 min	0.0%
FAT–DEN	Fresno to Denver	126	85.7%	4.8 min	0.0%
FAT–SAN	Fresno to San Diego	93	46.2%	34.4 min	5.4%
FAT–DFW	Fresno to Dallas/Fort Worth	91	62.6%	19.1 min	2.2%
FAT–SFO	Fresno to San Francisco	90	71.1%	29.2 min	1.1%
FAT–SLC	Fresno to Salt Lake City	90	80.0%	16.3 min	0.0%
FAT–LAX	Fresno to Los Angeles	80	63.7%	27.8 min	0.0%
FAT–SEA	Fresno to Seattle	74	77.0%	5.8 min	0.0%
FAT–PDX	Fresno to Portland	69	79.7%	14.6 min	0.0%
FAT–ATL	Fresno to Atlanta	31	54.8%	13.8 min	0.0%
FAT–ORD	Fresno to Chicago	10	60.0%	18.3 min	10.0%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	29.9%	34.3%	7,270
Late-arriving aircraft	21.8%	40.2%	5,307
National Aviation System	11.0%	17.8%	2,686
Extreme weather	37.2%	7.5%	9,064
Security	0.1%	0.2%	16

24,343 delay minutes on 274 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 December 2024?

71.9% of 1,043 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 87.2% of 908 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 71.9% and 0.9% in December 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.