Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field in May 2024

73.6%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 810 domestic departures from Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field (HSV). 73.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.5% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so HSV departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HSV that month were on time 72.6% of the time (810 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 22% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 69.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.7%
Cancelled 2.5%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from HSV in May 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	HSV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	73.6%	—	77.4%	73.4%
Arrived on time	69.5%	—	77.5%	72.3%
Cancelled	2.5%	—	2.4%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.8 min	—	21.5 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	27	—	22	20,325
Scheduled departures	810	—	8,180	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	300	37%	66.3%	21.4 min	1.7%
MQ Envoy Air	155	19%	54.8%	25.1 min	5.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	123	15%	84.6%	-1.1 min	0.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	115	14%	64.3%	23.3 min	3.5%
9E Endeavor Air	109	13%	88.1%	-0.4 min	0.9%
YX Republic Airline	8	1%	62.5%	6.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HSV–ATL	Huntsville to Atlanta	206	85.0%	0.1 min	1.0%
HSV–DFW	Huntsville to Dallas/Fort Worth	182	58.2%	21.8 min	6.0%
HSV–DCA	Huntsville to Washington	138	67.4%	15.3 min	1.4%
HSV–CLT	Huntsville to Charlotte	128	60.2%	32.8 min	0.8%
HSV–ORD	Huntsville to Chicago	64	56.3%	34.6 min	4.7%
HSV–DEN	Huntsville to Denver	59	76.3%	8.2 min	1.7%
HSV–DTW	Huntsville to Detroit	26	96.2%	-7.6 min	0.0%
HSV–MIA	Huntsville to Miami	4	75.0%	16.3 min	0.0%
HSV–IAD	Huntsville to Washington	3	100.0%	-5.0 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	22.3%	29.8%	3,618
Late-arriving aircraft	43.7%	43.0%	7,098
National Aviation System	19.4%	20.1%	3,145
Extreme weather	14.4%	7.0%	2,340
Security	0.2%	0.1%	33

16,234 delay minutes on 224 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 May 2024?

73.6% of 810 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 2024; 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.