Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field in December 2024

82.1%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 134 domestic departures from Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field (FAY). 82.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so FAY departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 107 departures with 89.7% leaving on time: a change of −7.6 points, with flights up 25%.

Flights arriving at FAY that month were on time 85.8% of the time (134 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 59%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 82.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.9%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from FAY 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	FAY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	82.1%	89.7%	74.1%	77.8%
Arrived on time	82.1%	91.6%	78.2%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	5.0%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.1 min	8.6 min	19.2 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	4	1	19,686
Scheduled departures	134	107	317	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	70	52%	78.6%	13.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	36	27%	86.1%	-7.8 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	28	21%	85.7%	-6.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAY–ATL	Fayetteville to Atlanta	106	81.1%	6.3 min	0.0%
FAY–CLT	Fayetteville to Charlotte	28	85.7%	-6.3 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.4%	34.3%	581
Late-arriving aircraft	59.1%	40.2%	1,094
National Aviation System	9.5%	17.8%	176
Extreme weather	0.1%	7.5%	1
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,852 delay minutes on 24 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 FAY on time in December 2024?

82.1% of 134 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.1% 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, 89.7% of 107 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 82.1% and 0.0% 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 FAY · methodology · corrections.