Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field in December 2023

82.7%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 631 domestic departures from Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field (HSV). 82.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.9% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so HSV departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HSV that month were on time 86.3% of the time (629 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 81.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.7%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	HSV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	82.7%	—	77.4%	83.1%
Arrived on time	81.9%	—	77.5%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	2.4%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.7 min	—	21.5 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	—	22	19,013
Scheduled departures	631	—	8,180	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	177	28%	76.8%	9.5 min	1.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	134	21%	79.9%	9.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	105	17%	96.2%	-8.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	94	15%	85.1%	-0.7 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	68	11%	85.3%	-1.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	28	4%	46.4%	88.4 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	25	4%	88.0%	-3.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HSV–ATL	Huntsville to Atlanta	173	91.9%	-5.4 min	0.0%
HSV–DFW	Huntsville to Dallas/Fort Worth	134	76.9%	17.3 min	0.0%
HSV–DCA	Huntsville to Washington	111	81.1%	1.1 min	0.9%
HSV–CLT	Huntsville to Charlotte	82	74.4%	18.2 min	1.2%
HSV–DEN	Huntsville to Denver	61	88.5%	5.8 min	0.0%
HSV–ORD	Huntsville to Chicago	52	67.3%	13.3 min	0.0%
HSV–DTW	Huntsville to Detroit	13	84.6%	22.8 min	0.0%
HSV–MIA	Huntsville to Miami	5	80.0%	11.6 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	52.8%	37.1%	4,619
Late-arriving aircraft	30.9%	38.8%	2,705
National Aviation System	9.9%	17.6%	863
Extreme weather	6.4%	6.2%	564
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

8,751 delay minutes on 112 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 December 2023?

82.7% of 631 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.