Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field in December 2025

73.2%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 631 domestic departures from Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field (HSV). 73.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.2% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so HSV departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 667 departures with 72.1% leaving on time: a change of +1.1 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at HSV that month were on time 70.4% of the time (631 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 73.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.7%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	HSV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	73.2%	72.1%	77.4%	72.0%
Arrived on time	73.2%	74.2%	77.5%	71.9%
Cancelled	1.1%	1.0%	2.4%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	30.4 min	19.2 min	21.5 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	22	22	19,410
Scheduled departures	631	667	8,180	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	224	35%	66.5%	33.6 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	161	26%	82.0%	-2.5 min	1.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	147	23%	66.7%	35.8 min	2.0%
MQ Envoy Air	91	14%	85.7%	-2.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	8	1%	62.5%	33.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HSV–DFW	Huntsville to Dallas/Fort Worth	175	72.0%	23.9 min	0.6%
HSV–ATL	Huntsville to Atlanta	161	82.0%	-2.5 min	1.9%
HSV–DCA	Huntsville to Washington	98	69.4%	26.8 min	0.0%
HSV–ORD	Huntsville to Chicago	93	57.0%	55.9 min	3.2%
HSV–DEN	Huntsville to Denver	62	82.3%	2.5 min	0.0%
HSV–CLT	Huntsville to Charlotte	32	78.1%	14.4 min	0.0%
HSV–FLL	Huntsville to Fort Lauderdale	8	62.5%	33.9 min	0.0%
HSV–MIA	Huntsville to Miami	2	100.0%	10.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.6%	33.3%	5,404
Late-arriving aircraft	52.2%	41.1%	9,514
National Aviation System	11.7%	19.1%	2,132
Extreme weather	6.3%	6.4%	1,153
Security	0.2%	0.2%	30

18,233 delay minutes on 162 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 December 2025?

73.2% of 631 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 72.1% of 667 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 73.2% and 1.1% in December 2025.

Provenance

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