Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field in October 2023

86.6%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 688 domestic departures from Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field (HSV). 86.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.1% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so HSV departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HSV that month were on time 84.7% of the time (687 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 62%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 5%.

On time 87.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.5%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	HSV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	86.6%	—	77.4%	83.8%
Arrived on time	87.1%	—	77.5%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	2.4%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.8 min	—	21.5 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	23	—	22	19,966
Scheduled departures	688	—	8,180	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	197	29%	84.3%	2.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	169	25%	95.3%	-4.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	151	22%	82.1%	9.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	136	20%	85.3%	-2.5 min	1.5%
YX Republic Airline	21	3%	95.2%	-9.8 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	9	1%	100.0%	-7.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	5	1%	60.0%	23.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HSV–ATL	Huntsville to Atlanta	178	95.5%	-4.3 min	0.0%
HSV–DFW	Huntsville to Dallas/Fort Worth	148	81.1%	9.8 min	1.4%
HSV–DCA	Huntsville to Washington	132	86.4%	-2.8 min	0.0%
HSV–ORD	Huntsville to Chicago	79	72.2%	12.2 min	0.0%
HSV–CLT	Huntsville to Charlotte	65	95.4%	-8.3 min	0.0%
HSV–DEN	Huntsville to Denver	62	87.1%	-1.1 min	0.0%
HSV–DTW	Huntsville to Detroit	24	91.7%	2.3 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	61.9%	41.3%	4,077
Late-arriving aircraft	30.2%	40.5%	1,990
National Aviation System	4.8%	14.4%	314
Extreme weather	3.0%	3.7%	197
Security	0.1%	0.2%	5

6,583 delay minutes on 86 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 October 2023?

86.6% of 688 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.