Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field in May 2025

70.2%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 771 domestic departures from Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field (HSV). 70.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.6% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so HSV departures were 6.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 810 departures with 73.6% leaving on time: a change of −3.4 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at HSV that month were on time 67.2% of the time (771 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 71.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.8%
Cancelled 2.9%
Diverted 0.8%

Every scheduled departure from HSV in May 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	HSV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	70.2%	73.6%	77.4%	76.7%
Arrived on time	71.6%	69.5%	77.5%	75.4%
Cancelled	2.9%	2.5%	2.4%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.7 min	19.8 min	21.5 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	27	22	20,188
Scheduled departures	771	810	8,180	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	312	40%	60.6%	39.7 min	6.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	228	30%	82.0%	0.7 min	0.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	136	18%	79.4%	10.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	90	12%	71.1%	18.4 min	2.2%
AA American Airlines	5	1%	80.0%	10.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HSV–ATL	Huntsville to Atlanta	228	82.0%	0.7 min	0.4%
HSV–DFW	Huntsville to Dallas/Fort Worth	184	62.5%	39.4 min	6.0%
HSV–DCA	Huntsville to Washington	113	58.4%	36.1 min	4.4%
HSV–ORD	Huntsville to Chicago	88	87.5%	-1.2 min	0.0%
HSV–CLT	Huntsville to Charlotte	84	64.3%	31.3 min	6.0%
HSV–DEN	Huntsville to Denver	62	67.7%	26.0 min	0.0%
HSV–IAH	Huntsville to Houston	11	90.9%	4.6 min	0.0%
HSV–DTW	Huntsville to Detroit	1	100.0%	-14.0 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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	30.3%	29.3%	5,820
Late-arriving aircraft	47.6%	37.8%	9,137
National Aviation System	12.0%	25.9%	2,299
Extreme weather	10.1%	6.9%	1,948
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

19,204 delay minutes on 191 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 2025?

70.2% of 771 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 73.6% of 810 departures left on time and 2.5% were cancelled, against 70.2% and 2.9% in May 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2025; 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.