Tri-State/Milton J. Ferguson Field in July 2025

55.9%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 102 domestic departures from Tri-State/Milton J. Ferguson Field (HTS). 55.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 58.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so HTS departures were 13.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 91 departures with 62.6% leaving on time: a change of −6.7 points, with flights up 12%.

Flights arriving at HTS that month were on time 63.7% of the time (102 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 62%, extreme weather 25% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 58.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 40.2%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 1.0%

Every scheduled departure from HTS in July 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	HTS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	55.9%	62.6%	51.8%	69.7%
Arrived on time	58.8%	58.2%	50.9%	69.0%
Cancelled	0.0%	7.7%	1.5%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	45.2 min	32.2 min	43.4 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	3	3	1	21,048
Scheduled departures	102	91	481	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	102	100%	58.8%	39.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HTS–PIE	Ashland to St. Petersburg	30	60.0%	20.5 min	0.0%
HTS–MYR	Ashland to Myrtle Beach	22	72.7%	7.0 min	0.0%
HTS–SFB	Ashland to Sanford	19	68.4%	24.6 min	0.0%
HTS–VPS	Ashland to Valparaiso	13	53.8%	87.3 min	0.0%
HTS–FLL	Ashland to Fort Lauderdale	9	55.6%	12.8 min	0.0%
HTS–PGD	Ashland to Punta Gorda	9	11.1%	182.0 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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	5.0%	31.1%	207
Late-arriving aircraft	62.3%	40.8%	2,598
National Aviation System	8.1%	20.7%	338
Extreme weather	24.7%	7.3%	1,029
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,172 delay minutes on 41 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 HTS on time in July 2025?

55.9% of 102 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 58.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 62.6% of 91 departures left on time and 7.7% were cancelled, against 55.9% and 0.0% in July 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for July 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for HTS · methodology · corrections.