Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field in August 2024

79.8%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 753 domestic departures from Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field (HSV). 79.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so HSV departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 693 departures with 81.1% leaving on time: a change of −1.3 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at HSV that month were on time 75.2% of the time (751 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 78.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.5%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.8%

Every scheduled departure from HSV 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	HSV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	79.8%	81.1%	77.4%	75.4%
Arrived on time	78.6%	81.2%	77.5%	74.7%
Cancelled	1.1%	1.3%	2.4%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.8 min	14.5 min	21.5 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	25	23	22	20,634
Scheduled departures	753	693	8,180	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	217	29%	71.0%	11.9 min	3.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	188	25%	87.2%	-3.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	182	24%	76.9%	15.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	156	21%	80.8%	6.6 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	6	1%	100.0%	-6.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	4	1%	50.0%	12.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HSV–ATL	Huntsville to Atlanta	194	87.6%	-3.7 min	0.0%
HSV–DFW	Huntsville to Dallas/Fort Worth	178	81.5%	9.4 min	0.6%
HSV–CLT	Huntsville to Charlotte	113	79.6%	6.3 min	1.8%
HSV–DCA	Huntsville to Washington	110	60.9%	23.5 min	4.5%
HSV–ORD	Huntsville to Chicago	68	70.6%	14.6 min	0.0%
HSV–DEN	Huntsville to Denver	62	79.0%	7.9 min	0.0%
HSV–DTW	Huntsville to Detroit	23	78.3%	7.1 min	0.0%
HSV–MIA	Huntsville to Miami	5	100.0%	-8.6 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	50.7%	33.8%	5,440
Late-arriving aircraft	33.5%	39.8%	3,592
National Aviation System	11.6%	20.4%	1,242
Extreme weather	4.3%	5.9%	461
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

10,735 delay minutes on 147 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 August 2024?

79.8% of 753 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% 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, 81.1% of 693 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 79.8% and 1.1% 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 HSV · methodology · corrections.