Fort Smith Regional in August 2024

87.2%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 117 domestic departures from Fort Smith Regional (FSM). 87.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.2% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so FSM departures were 11.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 94 departures with 88.3% leaving on time: a change of −1.1 points, with flights up 24%.

Flights arriving at FSM that month were on time 83.8% of the time (117 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, national aviation system 33% and air carrier 18%.

On time 87.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.8%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	FSM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	87.2%	88.3%	83.3%	75.4%
Arrived on time	87.2%	87.2%	82.1%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.0%	1.1%	2.8%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.2 min	16.2 min	13.6 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	3	3	20,634
Scheduled departures	117	94	1,194	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	117	100%	87.2%	-2.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FSM–DFW	Fort Smith to Dallas/Fort Worth	117	87.2%	-2.1 min	0.0%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	17.5%	33.8%	182
Late-arriving aircraft	39.1%	39.8%	406
National Aviation System	32.9%	20.4%	342
Extreme weather	10.5%	5.9%	109
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,039 delay minutes on 15 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 August 2024?

87.2% of 117 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 88.3% of 94 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 87.2% and 0.0% in August 2024.

Provenance

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