Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field in September 2023

85.5%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 692 domestic departures from Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field (HSV). 85.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.8% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so HSV departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HSV that month were on time 84.2% of the time (692 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 84.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.6%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from HSV in September 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	HSV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	85.5%	—	77.4%	80.5%
Arrived on time	84.8%	—	77.5%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	2.4%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.6 min	—	21.5 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	23	—	22	18,978
Scheduled departures	692	—	8,180	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	170	25%	73.5%	19.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	163	24%	84.0%	5.2 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	154	22%	98.7%	-12.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	150	22%	89.3%	-4.7 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	31	4%	90.3%	-2.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	24	3%	45.8%	36.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HSV–ATL	Huntsville to Atlanta	188	97.3%	-10.6 min	0.0%
HSV–DFW	Huntsville to Dallas/Fort Worth	155	78.7%	7.1 min	0.0%
HSV–DCA	Huntsville to Washington	105	83.8%	6.2 min	1.0%
HSV–CLT	Huntsville to Charlotte	83	88.0%	0.4 min	0.0%
HSV–ORD	Huntsville to Chicago	78	69.2%	23.3 min	0.0%
HSV–DEN	Huntsville to Denver	59	79.7%	7.6 min	0.0%
HSV–DTW	Huntsville to Detroit	24	83.3%	9.6 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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	45.8%	36.4%	3,610
Late-arriving aircraft	35.9%	38.3%	2,827
National Aviation System	9.5%	19.9%	751
Extreme weather	8.6%	5.1%	674
Security	0.2%	0.2%	13

7,875 delay minutes on 101 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 HSV on time in September 2023?

85.5% of 692 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 2022 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 September 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for HSV · methodology · corrections.