Jackson Hole in August 2024

78.2%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 652 domestic departures from Jackson Hole (JAC). 78.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.6% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so JAC departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 597 departures with 82.9% leaving on time: a change of −4.7 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at JAC that month were on time 77.1% of the time (652 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 75.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.0%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.8%

Every scheduled departure from JAC in August 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	JAC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	78.2%	82.9%	74.4%	75.4%
Arrived on time	75.6%	79.1%	74.9%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.3%	1.8%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.9 min	19.2 min	26.3 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	20	18	20,634
Scheduled departures	652	597	6,635	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	227	35%	78.4%	2.9 min	1.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	152	23%	78.9%	2.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	150	23%	66.7%	37.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	120	18%	78.3%	18.0 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	3	0%	33.3%	51.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAC–DEN	Jackson to Denver	155	83.2%	-1.0 min	0.0%
JAC–ORD	Jackson to Chicago	112	71.4%	11.0 min	0.0%
JAC–SLC	Jackson to Salt Lake City	89	76.4%	16.7 min	0.0%
JAC–DFW	Jackson to Dallas/Fort Worth	66	75.8%	36.5 min	0.0%
JAC–SFO	Jackson to San Francisco	50	74.0%	12.2 min	0.0%
JAC–LAX	Jackson to Los Angeles	49	75.5%	3.5 min	0.0%
JAC–ATL	Jackson to Atlanta	31	83.9%	21.5 min	0.0%
JAC–EWR	Jackson to Newark	31	71.0%	1.6 min	12.9%
JAC–CLT	Jackson to Charlotte	30	56.7%	67.8 min	0.0%
JAC–SEA	Jackson to Seattle	27	59.3%	20.6 min	0.0%
JAC–IAH	Jackson to Houston	9	88.9%	-1.9 min	0.0%
JAC–SAN	Jackson to San Diego	3	100.0%	-15.3 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	39.2%	33.8%	5,291
Late-arriving aircraft	45.0%	39.8%	6,063
National Aviation System	14.7%	20.4%	1,988
Extreme weather	1.1%	5.9%	144
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

13,486 delay minutes on 150 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 JAC on time in August 2024?

78.2% of 652 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 82.9% of 597 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 78.2% and 0.6% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for JAC · methodology · corrections.