Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field in October 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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 789 domestic departures from Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field (HSV). 82.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.7% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so HSV departures were 3.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 688 departures with 86.6% leaving on time: a change of −4.5 points, with flights up 15%.

Flights arriving at HSV that month were on time 88.0% of the time (790 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 83.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.2%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	HSV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	82.1%	86.6%	77.4%	85.5%
Arrived on time	83.7%	87.1%	77.5%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.3%	2.4%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.0 min	10.8 min	21.5 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	23	22	20,517
Scheduled departures	789	688	8,180	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	173	22%	80.9%	1.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	170	22%	95.9%	-11.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	165	21%	75.2%	8.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	164	21%	79.3%	4.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	72	9%	81.9%	6.8 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	45	6%	97.8%	-11.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HSV–ATL	Huntsville to Atlanta	215	96.3%	-11.2 min	0.0%
HSV–DFW	Huntsville to Dallas/Fort Worth	181	77.3%	5.0 min	0.0%
HSV–DCA	Huntsville to Washington	115	81.7%	6.2 min	0.0%
HSV–CLT	Huntsville to Charlotte	104	70.2%	14.4 min	0.0%
HSV–ORD	Huntsville to Chicago	86	80.2%	1.3 min	0.0%
HSV–DEN	Huntsville to Denver	62	88.7%	-8.8 min	0.0%
HSV–DTW	Huntsville to Detroit	26	84.6%	6.6 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	54.5%	42.7%	3,859
Late-arriving aircraft	30.2%	37.4%	2,137
National Aviation System	11.9%	16.3%	842
Extreme weather	2.0%	3.4%	144
Security	1.5%	0.2%	104

7,086 delay minutes on 128 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 2024?

82.1% of 789 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 86.6% of 688 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 82.1% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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