Fort Smith Regional in July 2024

72.3%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 112 domestic departures from Fort Smith Regional (FSM). 72.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.2% reached their destination on time; 2.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so FSM departures were 3.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FSM that month were on time 68.8% of the time (112 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 61%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 6%.

On time 73.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.1%
Cancelled 2.7%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from FSM in July 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	FSM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	72.3%	—	83.3%	68.5%
Arrived on time	73.2%	—	82.1%	68.1%
Cancelled	2.7%	—	2.8%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.0 min	—	13.6 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	—	3	21,154
Scheduled departures	112	—	1,194	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	112	100%	73.2%	12.9 min	2.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FSM–DFW	Fort Smith to Dallas/Fort Worth	112	73.2%	12.9 min	2.7%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	28.7%	36.6%	614
Late-arriving aircraft	61.0%	42.7%	1,306
National Aviation System	5.6%	16.0%	121
Extreme weather	4.7%	4.6%	101
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,142 delay minutes on 27 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 FSM on time in July 2024?

72.3% of 112 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for FSM · methodology · corrections.