Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field in September 2024

82.1%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 773 domestic departures from Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field (HSV). 82.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.0% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so HSV departures were 2.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 692 departures with 85.5% leaving on time: a change of −3.4 points, with flights up 12%.

Flights arriving at HSV that month were on time 84.4% of the time (774 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 41% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 79.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.7%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	HSV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	82.1%	85.5%	77.4%	84.4%
Arrived on time	79.0%	84.8%	77.5%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.1%	2.4%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.8 min	12.6 min	21.5 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	23	22	19,421
Scheduled departures	773	692	8,180	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	248	32%	77.4%	9.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	211	27%	71.1%	19.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	189	24%	89.9%	-6.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	105	14%	79.0%	7.1 min	1.0%
YX Republic Airline	20	3%	80.0%	3.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HSV–ATL	Huntsville to Atlanta	189	89.9%	-6.7 min	0.0%
HSV–DFW	Huntsville to Dallas/Fort Worth	183	69.9%	13.6 min	0.0%
HSV–CLT	Huntsville to Charlotte	151	72.2%	17.6 min	0.7%
HSV–DCA	Huntsville to Washington	107	76.6%	15.1 min	0.0%
HSV–DEN	Huntsville to Denver	60	88.3%	-9.1 min	0.0%
HSV–ORD	Huntsville to Chicago	60	83.3%	7.7 min	0.0%
HSV–DTW	Huntsville to Detroit	22	81.8%	31.3 min	0.0%
HSV–MSN	Huntsville to Madison	1	100.0%	-40.0 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	42.0%	38.6%	4,966
Late-arriving aircraft	41.0%	38.4%	4,846
National Aviation System	12.3%	18.2%	1,456
Extreme weather	4.6%	4.8%	542
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

11,810 delay minutes on 160 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 2024?

82.1% of 773 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 85.5% of 692 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 82.1% and 0.1% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.