On-Time Report

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Airport month · January 2026

Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field in January 2026

75.0%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 572 domestic departures from Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field (HSV). 75.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.1% reached their destination on time; 6.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so HSV departures were 0.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 663 departures with 67.1% leaving on time: a change of +7.9 points, with flights down 14%.

Flights arriving at HSV that month were on time 69.8% of the time (570 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 23% and extreme weather 19%.

Every scheduled departure from HSV in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJan 2026Jan 2025HSV, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time75.0%67.1%77.4%75.6%
Arrived on time74.1%63.0%77.5%75.3%
Cancelled6.8%6.2%2.4%4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)22.4 min31.5 min21.5 min16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day19222218,133
Scheduled departures5726638,180544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OH PSA Airlines21538%68.8%22.6 min10.7%
DL Delta Air Lines17430%82.8%-8.8 min6.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines12121%73.6%15.4 min1.7%
MQ Envoy Air539%71.7%6.1 min5.7%
G4 Allegiant Air92%55.6%28.6 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
HSV–ATLHuntsville to Atlanta17482.8%-8.8 min6.3%
HSV–DFWHuntsville to Dallas/Fort Worth14272.5%15.6 min9.2%
HSV–DCAHuntsville to Washington11062.7%25.8 min11.8%
HSV–DENHuntsville to Denver6288.7%-6.6 min0.0%
HSV–ORDHuntsville to Chicago5961.0%35.3 min1.7%
HSV–FLLHuntsville to Fort Lauderdale955.6%28.6 min0.0%
HSV–DTWHuntsville to Detroit666.7%34.0 min16.7%
HSV–CLTHuntsville to Charlotte5100.0%-19.6 min0.0%
HSV–MIAHuntsville to Miami560.0%48.4 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2026Minutes
Air carrier23.2%37.3%2,726
Late-arriving aircraft48.4%35.0%5,680
National Aviation System9.3%18.0%1,097
Extreme weather19.1%9.6%2,237
Security0.0%0.1%0
11,740 delay minutes on 109 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 January 2026?

75.0% of 572 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 67.1% of 663 departures left on time and 6.2% were cancelled, against 75.0% and 6.8% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.