On-Time Report

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Airport month · December 2024

Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field in December 2024

72.1%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 667 domestic departures from Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field (HSV). 72.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.2% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so HSV departures were 5.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 631 departures with 82.7% leaving on time: a change of −10.6 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at HSV that month were on time 76.5% of the time (667 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and national aviation system 13%.

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

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

MeasureDec 2024Dec 2023HSV, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time72.1%82.7%77.4%77.8%
Arrived on time74.2%81.9%77.5%78.1%
Cancelled1.0%0.3%2.4%0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)19.2 min15.7 min21.5 min16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day22212219,686
Scheduled departures6676318,180590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OH PSA Airlines22534%61.8%27.4 min1.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines15022%74.7%7.7 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines14422%89.6%-4.0 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air7211%81.9%-1.3 min2.8%
MQ Envoy Air6810%75.0%11.7 min1.5%
AA American Airlines41%50.0%25.3 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline41%75.0%5.5 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
HSV–ATLHuntsville to Atlanta21687.0%-3.1 min0.9%
HSV–DFWHuntsville to Dallas/Fort Worth18069.4%15.9 min2.8%
HSV–DCAHuntsville to Washington9953.5%41.2 min0.0%
HSV–ORDHuntsville to Chicago6357.1%22.4 min0.0%
HSV–DENHuntsville to Denver6291.9%-6.5 min0.0%
HSV–CLTHuntsville to Charlotte2982.8%3.7 min0.0%
HSV–DTWHuntsville to Detroit1662.5%10.1 min0.0%
HSV–MIAHuntsville to Miami2100.0%-4.5 min0.0%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Dec 2024Minutes
Air carrier41.2%34.3%4,774
Late-arriving aircraft39.6%40.2%4,581
National Aviation System13.2%17.8%1,533
Extreme weather6.0%7.5%692
Security0.0%0.2%0
11,580 delay minutes on 163 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left HSV on time in December 2024?

72.1% of 667 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 82.7% of 631 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 72.1% and 1.0% in December 2024.

Provenance

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